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Paralympic Athletes Will No Longer Have to Hide Olympic Rings Tattoos

Paralympic athletes will no longer have to cover their Olympic rings tattoos after the IPC lifted a long-standing ban

Ian MacNicol/Getty ImagesParalympic athletes will no longer have to hide tattoos of the Olympic rings after the International Paralympic Committee dropped a long-standing rule about covering up ink of brands or logos. “Athletes with such tattoos do not need to cover them up,” Craig Spence, the IPC’s chief brand and communications officer, told The New York Times in an email on Friday. Friedemann Vogel/Getty ImagesSwimmer Rudy Garcia-Tolson had the rings tattooed on his left shoulder after winning a gold medal in the 2004 Athens Paralympics and later covered the ink once the IPC began cracking down.

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