Check out the meaning of AIN, DNS and DNF at the Paris Olympics 2024
The Paris Olympics 2024 is in headlines every day since its opening ceremony and even trending across all social media platforms, with athletes from different countries competing against each other and fans enjoying the live moment.
However, there are several Olympic fans who are left wondering about a few terms or acronyms that the media outlets are using to describe a specific achievement or a title.
What is the meaning of AIN, DNS and DNF at the Paris Olympics 2024 and full formย
A few such terms that have left users wondering are AIN, DNS, and DNF. So letโs find out the meaning behind these acronyms together!
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Meaning of AIN
For the unversed, those athletes, who will compete against each other, without their homelandโs titles, flags, anthems, or colors, are being simply called as โAIN.โ What does โAINโ mean? Letโs find out!
โAINโ refers to Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as โIndividual Neutral Athletesโ at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Athletes with the country code โAINโ as aforesaid wonโt be able to showcase their countryโs flag and emblem, instead, they will come up with individual neutral athletes emblems.
Originally, AIN is derived from the French name Athlรจtes Individuels Neutres. Athletes with this group didnโt participate in the opening ceremony parade for their nation.
Additionally, they were not even listed as a separate delegation in the official medal tables.
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Meaning of DNS
DNS and DNF are typically displayed on scoreboards in stadiums or on TV, as well as in official results documents, beside an athleteโs name in place of their time or other result.
DNS stands for โdid not startโ and is used when an athlete is scheduled to compete in an event but withdraws before it starts, therefore not competing.
Perhaps most commonly seen in popular track and field events, which feature heavily in television coverage of the Games, DNS is also used for the same reason at other sporting events, such as the World Athletics Championships.
Meaning of DNF
DNF stands for โdid not finishโ and the term is used for those athletes who starts an event but fails to complete it.
It is classed differently from a disqualification, where more often athletes finish the event but are deemed by judges or officials to have broken the rules somewhere along the line.
DNFs could happen for more than one reason, but these are most commonly associated with an athlete pulling up injured and therefore being unable to continue in the event.