IOC Needle Policy & Rules for Paris 2024

The Olympic Games are “needle-free” for all participating athletes at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris in 2024 (respectively the “Athletes” and the “Games”). Needles must not be used except by: (i) medically qualified practitioners for the clinically justified treatment of injury, illness or other medical conditions (for which a valid therapeutic use exemption (“TUE”) may be required); or (ii) those requiring auto-injection therapy for an established medical condition with a valid TUE, e.g. for insulin-dependent diabetes.