Wonder what the neutral flag looks like?
A person attending the Olympics under a 'neutral' flag; for whatever reason; will compete under the Olympic Flag; with the national code 'IOA [Independent Olympic Athletes].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Olympians_at_the_Olympic_GamesNotable reasons for competeing under the IOA flag:
- Home country is banned but the athlete themselves is proven clean and still qualifies
- A major issue with the country's National Olympic Committee [India had this in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Kuwait had it in 2016; South Sudan in 2012 had not yet formed it's committee]
- Refugees
- The nation is in the process of becoming Independent but isn't fully so yet [East Timor in 2000]
- The country is in such a state of flux there simply isn't a flag to compete under [Ex-Soviet Union; 1992]
- Under UN Sanctions that stops the country itself competeing [But people of that nationality who live abroad could compete under a neutral flag; Yugoslavia in 1992]