Are you a 10-Year Elite Athletes defined as follows:
10 Year Athletes
USA Judo shiai participants in a “Delegation Event” meaning individually or collectively as applicable, the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan American Games and the Parapan Am Games.
USA Judo shiai or kata participants in a “Protected Competition” meaning:
• Any international competition between athlete(s) officially designated by USA Judo as representing the United States, either individually or as part of a team, and any athlete(s) representing any foreign country where:
The terms of such competition require that the entrants be individuals or teams representing their respective nations;
The athlete(s) representing the United States are organized and supported by USA Judo in accordance with a defined selection or tryout procedure that is open to all and publicly announced in advance except for domestic amateur athletic competition, which, by its terms, requires that entrants be expressly restricted to members of a specific class of athletes such as those referred to in Section 220526(a) of the Act (i.e., high school students, college students, members of the Armed Forces, or similar groups or categories)
Examples of these “Protected Competitions” may include World Championships and International Judo Federation Grand Prix, Grand Slam or Continental events.
• Any able-bodied or Paralympic shiai athletes listed on the USA Judo National Roster.