Protected Person : An Athlete  or other natural Person  who at the time of the anti-doping rule violation: (i) has not reached the age of sixteen years; (ii) has not reached the age of eighteen years and is not included in any Registered Testing Pool  and has never competed in any International Event in an open category; or (iii) for reasons other than    IOC Anti-Doping  Rules  applicable  to the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024   47 / 49 age has been determined to lack legal capacity under applicable national legislation  Provisional Hearing : For purposes of Article 7.6, an expedited abbreviated hearing  occurring prior to a hearing under Article 8 that provides the Athlete with notice and  an opportunity to be heard in either written or oral form.