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ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
1
INTE
RNA
TIO
NA
L CA
NO
E FE
DER
ATI
ON
WIL
DW
ATE
R CA
NO
EIN
GCO
MPE
TITI
ON
RU
LES
2017
Taki
ng e
ffec
t fr
om 1
Jan
uary
, 20
17
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
2
INTR
OD
UCT
ION
The
purp
ose
of t
his
docu
men
t is
to
prov
ide
the
rule
s th
at g
over
n th
e w
ay
of r
unni
ng W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g IC
F co
mpe
titi
ons.
LAN
GU
AG
E
The
Engl
ish
wri
tten
lan
guag
e is
the
onl
y ac
cept
able
lan
guag
e fo
r al
l of
fici
al c
omm
unic
atio
ns r
elat
ing
to t
hese
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es a
nd t
he
cond
uct
of a
ll W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g IC
F co
mpe
titi
ons.
Fo
r th
e sa
ke
of
cons
iste
ncy,
Br
itis
h sp
ellin
g,
punc
tuat
ion
and
gram
mat
ical
con
vent
ions
hav
e be
en u
sed
thro
ugho
ut.
Any
wor
d w
hich
may
im
ply
the
mas
culin
e ge
nder
, al
so i
nclu
des
the
fem
inin
e.
COPY
RIG
HT
Thes
e ru
les
may
be
phot
ocop
ied.
Gre
at c
are
has
been
tak
en i
n ty
ping
an
d ch
ecki
ng t
he r
ules
and
the
ori
gina
l te
xt i
s av
aila
ble
on t
he I
CF
web
site
ww
w.c
anoe
icf.
com
. Pl
ease
do
not
re-s
et i
n ty
pe w
itho
ut
cons
ulta
tion
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
3
TABL
E O
F CO
NTE
NTS
Art
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Page
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ERA
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RNAT
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ALCO
MPE
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PTER
II -
CATE
GO
RIES
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AT
CON
STRU
CTIO
N -
TRA
DEM
ARK
S10
6CA
TEG
ORI
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W,
C1M
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W,
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C2W
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NG
ORG
AN
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TIO
N A
ND
REG
ULA
TIO
NS
OF
THE
COM
PETI
TIO
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COM
PETI
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NPR
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APPE
ALTO
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JURY
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034
APPE
ALTO
THE
ICF
BOAR
DO
FDI
RECT
ORS
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135
DIS
QU
ALIF
ICAT
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FOR
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36D
ISQ
UAL
IFIC
ATIO
NFO
RTH
EW
HO
LECO
MPE
TITI
ON
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CHA
PTER
IV -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
R SE
NIO
R W
ORL
D C
HAM
PIO
NSH
IPS…
……
31
37SP
ECIA
LRU
LES
RELA
TIVE
TOTH
EW
ORL
DCH
AMPI
ON
SHIP
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37.3
CATE
GO
RIES
/K1
M,K
1W,
C1M
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W,C
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ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
49
the
ICF
WW
CC.
A ra
nkin
g is
giv
en i
n al
l ca
tego
ries
abo
ut t
he l
ast
two
year
s.
39.1
1.3
The
resu
lts
will
be
ob
tain
ed
by
a co
mpu
ter
prog
ram
me
prod
uced
by
the
ICF
WW
CC w
hich
will
be
give
n to
the
org
anis
ers
of t
he
desi
gnat
ed e
vent
s. T
he o
rgan
iser
mus
t se
nd t
he c
urre
nt I
CF r
anki
ngs
to
the
ICF
Rank
ing
Man
ager
at
the
late
st b
y th
e da
y af
ter
that
com
peti
tion
.
The
resu
lts
will
be
dist
ribu
ted
afte
r ea
ch r
ace.
The
fin
al I
CF R
anki
ng o
f th
e se
ason
w
ill
be
mad
e by
th
e en
d of
N
ovem
ber
afte
r th
e W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips
or t
he W
orld
Cup
Fin
als.
Any
org
anis
er n
ot s
ubm
itti
ng t
he
resu
lts
to t
he I
CF W
WCC
may
hav
e th
e co
mpe
titi
on e
limin
ated
fro
m t
he
follo
win
g ye
ar’s
cal
enda
r.
39.1
1.4
The
ICF
Rank
ing
is t
aken
fro
m t
he b
est
thre
e re
sult
s of
eac
h co
mpe
tito
r du
ring
the
las
t tw
o ye
ars.
The
fol
low
ing
poin
t sy
stem
will
be
appl
ied:
EVEN
T M
AXI
MU
M
MIN
IMU
M
PO
INTS
PO
INTS
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
1000
500
Poin
ts
are
give
n ba
sed
on
the
resu
lts
of
the
athl
etes
. Th
e w
inne
r re
ceiv
ing
the
Max
imum
poi
nts
and
15 p
oint
s ar
e de
duct
ed f
or e
ach
subs
eque
nt p
osit
ion
on t
he r
esul
ts.
Wor
ld C
up R
ace
800
300
Poin
ts
are
give
n ba
sed
on
the
resu
lts
of
the
athl
etes
. Th
e w
inne
r re
ceiv
ing
the
Max
imum
poi
nts
and
10 p
oint
s ar
e de
duct
ed f
or e
ach
subs
eque
nt p
osit
ion
on t
he r
esul
ts.
ICF
Rank
ing
500
100
Poin
ts
are
give
n ba
sed
on
the
resu
lts
of
the
athl
etes
. Th
e w
inne
r re
ceiv
ing
the
Max
imum
po
ints
an
d 5
poin
ts
are
dedu
cted
fo
r ea
ch
subs
eque
nt p
osit
ion
dow
n th
e re
sult
s lis
t.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
4
37.1
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CHA
PTER
V -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
R JU
NIO
R A
ND
UN
DER
23
WO
RLD
CH
AM
PIO
NSH
IPS
42
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ORI
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URS
E/
COM
PETI
TIO
NSC
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ULE
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ART
ORD
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3
CHA
PTER
VI -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
RW
ORL
D C
UP
COM
PETI
TIO
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39.6
ICF
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ICIA
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UTY
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ICIA
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ARD
ING
OF
THE
WO
RLD
CUP
INW
ILD
WAT
ERCA
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EIN
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39.1
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NG
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ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
5
List
of
Abb
revi
atio
ns
COM
PETI
TOR
Mal
e or
fem
ale
com
peti
tor
FED
ERAT
ION
Mem
ber
Fede
rati
on o
f th
e IC
F
ICF
Inte
rnat
iona
l Can
oe F
eder
atio
n
IJW
WC
Inte
rnat
iona
l Jud
ge o
f W
ildw
ater
Ca
noei
ng
WW
CCW
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Co
mm
itte
e
WCW
WC
Wor
ld C
up W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g
COM
PETI
TIO
NW
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips,
Wor
ld C
ups
and
Inte
rnat
iona
l eve
nts
CATE
GO
RIES
Kaya
k M
en (
KM),
Kay
ak W
omen
(KW
),
Cana
dian
Men
(CM
), C
anad
ian
Wom
en
(CW
)
EVEN
TS
Indi
vidu
al C
lass
ic:
K1M
, K1
W,
C1M
, C1
W,
C2M
, C2
WIn
divi
dual
Spr
int:
K1M
, K1
W,
C1M
, C1
W,
C2M
, C2
WTe
am C
lass
ic:
K1M
x3,
K1W
x3,
C1M
x3,
C1W
x3,
C2M
x3,
C2W
x3Te
am S
prin
t:K1
Mx3
, K1
Wx3
, C
1Mx3
, C1
Wx3
, C2
Mx3
, C2
Wx3
[GR]
Gen
eral
Rul
e (a
ppro
ved
by t
he C
ongr
ess)
[TR]
Tech
nica
l Rul
e (a
ppro
ved
by t
he B
oard
of
Dir
ecto
rs)
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
48
39.8
.1.2
Afte
r al
l th
e co
mpe
titi
ons
are
conc
lude
d, t
he f
inal
ran
king
is
esta
blis
hed
by
addi
ng
toge
ther
th
e be
st
four
re
sult
s w
heth
er
the
com
peti
tor
has
com
pete
d in
the
fin
als
or n
ot.
39.8
.2Th
e co
mpe
tito
r w
ith
the
high
est
tota
l po
ints
is
the
win
ner
of t
he
Wor
ld C
up in
his
cat
egor
y.
39.8
.2.1
In t
he e
vent
of
a ti
e in
the
fin
al r
anki
ng,
high
er r
anki
ng i
s gi
ven
to t
he c
ompe
tito
r ha
ving
the
bes
t re
sult
in t
he f
inal
s.If
the
re a
re t
wo
race
s at
the
fin
al o
f th
e fi
nal
of t
he W
orld
Cup
, th
en t
he
best
res
ults
is p
rodu
ced
by a
ddin
g to
geth
er t
he r
esul
t of
the
tw
o ra
ces.
39.8
.2.2
If
ther
e is
st
ill
a ti
e,
the
high
er
rank
ing
is
give
n to
th
e co
mpe
tito
r w
ith
the
best
res
ult
in t
he f
irst
fou
r ra
ces
prio
r to
the
fin
als.
39.9
AW
ARD
S[G
R]
39.9
.1Th
e fo
llow
ing
awar
ds a
re f
urni
shed
by
the
ICF.
Up
to8
Cups
for
indi
vidu
al c
ateg
orie
s
39.9
.2M
edal
s or
pri
zes
mus
t be
aw
arde
d to
the
top
3 c
ompe
tito
rs i
n ea
ch c
ateg
ory
at e
ach
com
peti
tion
.
39.1
0CL
OSI
NG
CER
EMO
NY
[TR]
39.1
0.1
The
fina
l re
sult
s m
ust
be
anno
unce
d an
d th
e W
orld
Cu
ps
awar
ded
in
a m
anne
r ac
cord
ing
to
the
stat
utes
co
ncer
ning
IC
F-Co
mpe
titi
ons.
39.1
1IC
F RA
NKI
NG
[TR]
39.1
1.1
The
obje
ctiv
e of
ICF
Rank
ing
is t
o es
tabl
ish
a ra
nkin
g sy
stem
for
to
p at
hlet
es
in
Wild
wat
er
Cano
eing
. Th
e IC
F Ra
nkin
g is
an
on
goin
g Sy
stem
of
Poin
ts r
ank
all t
he c
ompe
tito
rs in
eac
h in
divi
dual
eve
nt.
39.1
1.2
Rank
ing
poin
ts w
ill b
e gi
ven
at W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips,
Wor
ld
Cups
and
ICF
Ran
king
Eve
nts
(max
imum
of
13 e
vent
s in
all)
sel
ecte
d by
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
47
39.5
.3.2
In t
he c
alcu
lati
on o
f re
sult
s, p
hoto
elec
tric
sys
tem
has
pri
orit
y.
In t
he e
vent
of
failu
re o
f th
e ph
otoe
lect
ric
syst
em t
he b
acku
p ti
mes
are
us
ed.
39.6
ICF
OFF
ICIA
LS F
OR
WCW
WC
[TR]
39.6
.1Th
e W
WCC
nom
inat
e 1
ICF
Del
egat
e fo
r ea
ch o
f th
e W
CW
WC
even
ts.
39.6
.1.1
The
trav
el e
xpen
ses,
roo
m a
nd b
oard
of
the
dele
gate
s of
the
IC
F ar
e pa
id b
y th
e or
gani
sing
Fed
erat
ion.
39.7
DU
TY O
F TH
E IC
F O
FFIC
IALS
[TR]
39.7
.1Th
e de
lega
te o
f th
e IC
F su
perv
ises
the
com
peti
tion
.
39.7
.1.1
He
has
the
righ
t to
att
end
and
vote
at
all
mee
ting
s.
39.7
.1.2
He
mus
t, i
n co
-ope
rati
on w
ith
the
orga
nise
rs,
over
see
the
prod
ucti
on o
f th
e cu
rren
t W
orld
Cup
res
ults
.
39.7
.2Af
ter
each
WCW
WC
the
dele
gate
of
the
ICF
mus
t su
bmit
a r
epor
t to
th
e IC
F Se
cret
ary
Gen
eral
an
d to
th
e C
hair
of
th
e IC
F W
WCC
co
ncer
ning
the
spo
rtin
g na
ture
of
the
com
peti
tion
.
39.8
AW
ARD
ING
OF
THE
WO
RLD
CU
P IN
W
ILD
WAT
ER C
ANO
EIN
G[T
R]
39.8
.1O
n th
e ba
sis
of t
he f
inal
res
ults
of
each
of
the
WCW
WC
, th
e Cu
p ra
nkin
g in
eac
h ca
tego
ry is
est
ablis
hed.
39.8
.1.1
Each
of
the
part
icip
atin
g co
mpe
tito
rs r
ecei
ves
poin
ts i
n th
e W
CWW
C as
fol
low
s:K1
Men
-1st
plac
e 10
0 po
ints
, 2nd
plac
e 95
poi
nts,
3rd
plac
e 91
poi
nts,
4th
plac
e 88
poi
nts,
5th
plac
e 86
poi
nts,
6th
plac
e 85
poi
nts,
etc
.K1
Wom
en,
C1 W
omen
,C2
Wom
en,
C1 M
en,
C2
Men
, -
1stpl
ace
50
poin
ts,
2ndpl
ace
46 p
oint
s, 3
rdpl
ace
43 p
oint
s, 4
thpl
ace
41 p
oint
s, 5
th
plac
e 39
poi
nts,
6th
plac
e 38
poi
nts
etc.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
6
CHA
PTER
I -
GEN
ERA
L RE
GU
LATI
ON
S
1A
IM[G
R]
1.1
The
obje
ct o
f W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g is
to
dem
onst
rate
a c
ompe
tito
r's
mas
tery
of
his/
her
boat
in
fast
mov
ing
whi
te w
ater
, w
hile
run
ning
a
pres
crib
ed c
ours
e in
the
sho
rtes
t po
ssib
le t
ime.
1.2
Race
s co
nsid
ered
to
be W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g ar
e th
ose
held
fro
m a
po
int
upri
ver
to a
poi
nt d
ownr
iver
. A
rive
r ca
n be
one
tha
t is
nat
ural
, m
odif
ied
or a
rtif
icia
l and
mus
t be
at
leas
t cl
ass
III in
dif
ficu
lty.
2IN
TERN
ATI
ON
AL C
OM
PETI
TIO
N[G
R]/
[TR]
2.1
All
com
peti
tion
s an
noun
ced
as i
nter
nati
onal
sha
ll be
gov
erne
d by
th
e ru
les
of t
he IC
F.
2.1.
1Co
mpe
titi
ons
orga
nise
d by
a
Fede
rati
on
or
its
affi
liate
d as
soci
atio
ns a
re a
lway
s re
gard
ed a
s in
tern
atio
nal
if f
orei
gn c
ompe
tito
rs
are
invi
ted
and
part
icip
ate.
2.2
An i
nter
nati
onal
com
peti
tion
mus
t be
sup
ervi
sed
by a
t le
ast
one
judg
e w
ho
hold
s a
valid
ca
rd
as
an
Inte
rnat
iona
l Ju
dge
Wild
wat
er
Cano
eing
(IJ
WW
C).
2.2.
1Th
ese
offi
cial
s ar
e ap
poin
ted
by t
he C
hair
of
the
WW
CC f
rom
no
min
atio
ns s
ubm
itte
d by
the
org
anis
ers.
2.2.
1.1
Room
and
boa
rd f
or t
hese
off
icia
ls i
s pa
id b
y th
e or
gani
sing
Fe
dera
tion
.
2.3
Inte
rnat
iona
l Co
mpe
titi
ons:
Inte
rnat
iona
l Com
peti
tion
s ar
e op
en t
o al
l Fed
erat
ions
.
2.3.
1Th
e st
art
orde
r fo
r in
tern
atio
nal
com
peti
tion
s is
tak
en f
rom
the
cu
rren
t IC
F Ra
nkin
g.
2.4
Type
of
ICF
com
peti
tion
s:Th
ere
are
four
leve
ls o
f in
tern
atio
nal c
ompe
titi
ons:
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
7
3CO
MPE
TITO
RS[G
R]
3.1
Onl
y th
e m
embe
rs o
f Cl
ubs
or a
ssoc
iati
ons
affi
liate
d w
ith
an I
CF
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
hav
e th
e ri
ght
to p
arti
cipa
te i
n an
int
erna
tion
al
com
peti
tion
.
3.2
A co
mpe
tito
r is
al
way
s al
low
ed
to
take
pa
rt
indi
vidu
ally
in
an
in
tern
atio
nal
com
peti
tion
bu
t m
ust
in
each
ca
se
obta
in
spec
ial
perm
issi
on f
rom
his
Nat
iona
l Fed
erat
ion.
3.3.
1 An
ath
lete
tha
t ha
s co
mpe
ted
inte
rnat
iona
lly a
t an
y le
vel
in t
he
last
3
year
s re
quir
es
auth
oris
atio
n fr
om
the
ICF
and
the
nati
onal
fe
dera
tion
of
th
e or
igin
al
coun
try
in
orde
r to
ch
ange
sp
orti
ng
nati
onal
ity.
3.3.
2 Fo
r an
ath
lete
to
be e
ligib
le f
or a
cha
nge
of s
port
ing
nati
onal
ity
they
mus
t ha
ve li
ved
in t
hat
coun
try
for
the
last
tw
o ye
ars.
3.3.
3 Th
e re
ques
t of
the
cha
nge
of n
atio
nalit
y m
ust
be m
ade
to t
he I
CF
no l
ater
tha
n 30
Nov
embe
r th
e ye
ar b
efor
e th
e co
mpe
tito
r w
ants
to
com
pete
.
3.3.
4 Fo
r th
e O
lym
pic
Gam
es t
he O
lym
pic
Char
ter
rule
s w
ill b
e ap
plie
d fo
r na
tion
alit
y is
sues
. F
or a
thle
tes
to b
e el
igib
le f
or t
he O
lym
pic
and
Para
lym
pic
Gam
es t
hey
mus
t ho
ld
citi
zens
hip/
nati
onal
ity
of t
he c
ount
ry
that
the
y pa
rtic
ipat
e fo
r at
the
tim
e of
the
qua
lific
atio
n ev
ent.
3.3.
5A
com
peti
tor
may
not
com
pete
for
mor
e th
an o
ne F
eder
atio
n in
an
y on
e ca
lend
ar y
ear
in t
he s
port
of
cano
eing
.
Type
of
Com
peti
tion
Com
peti
tion
Entr
ies
LEV
EL 1
(see
cha
pter
IV a
nd V
)IC
F CO
MPE
TITI
ON
ICF
Wor
ld
Cham
pion
ship
sIC
F Ju
nior
and
U23
W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips
4 bo
ats
per
even
t pe
r fe
dera
tion
LEV
EL 2
(see
cha
pter
VI)
ICF
Wor
ld C
up6
boat
s pe
r ev
ent
per
fede
rati
on
LEV
EL 3
(see
art
icle
38.
11.2
)
ICF
Rank
ing
Even
t(I
nter
nati
onal
eve
nt
sele
cted
by
ICF
WW
CC)
To b
e de
term
ined
by
the
orga
nise
rLE
VEL
4O
THER
Inte
rnat
iona
l eve
nt
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
46
39.2
.7W
CWW
C ar
e on
ly o
pen
to F
eder
atio
ns w
ho a
re m
embe
rs o
f th
e IC
F.
39.2
.8W
ith
the
perm
issi
on o
f th
e IC
F W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Co
mm
itte
e,
legs
of
the
Wor
ld C
up m
ay b
e he
ld o
n on
e or
sev
eral
day
s.
39.3
ENTR
IES
[TR]
39.3
.1Th
e Fe
dera
tion
s m
ay e
nter
up
to 6
boa
ts p
er c
ateg
ory
to t
ake
part
in t
he W
CWW
C. T
here
will
be
no t
eam
eve
nt h
eld.
A co
mpe
tito
r m
ay e
nter
tw
o di
ffer
ent
indi
vidu
al e
vent
s in
Ind
ivid
ual
Clas
sic
and
Spri
nt r
aces
.39
.3.2
Entr
ies
mus
t be
rec
eive
d by
14
days
bef
ore
the
resp
ecti
ve W
orld
Cu
p Co
mpe
titi
ons.
39.4
THE
COU
RSE
[TR]
39.4
.1Th
e co
urse
mus
t be
app
rove
d by
a s
impl
e m
ajor
ity
of t
he t
eam
M
anag
ers
pres
ent.
39.5
STA
RT O
RDER
[TR]
39.5
.1Th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent
of t
he s
tart
ord
er i
n ea
ch c
ateg
ory
for
the
firs
t W
CWW
C m
ust
be i
n re
vers
e or
der
of t
he p
revi
ous
year
s W
orld
Cup
ra
nkin
g. C
ompe
tito
rs n
ot o
n th
e W
orld
Cup
Ran
king
Lis
t w
ill s
tart
bef
ore
Wor
ld C
up r
anke
d pa
ddle
rs i
n re
vers
e or
der
of t
he p
revi
ous
year
Wor
ld
Rank
ing
List
wit
h an
y ot
her
padd
lers
wit
h no
ran
king
, st
arti
ng a
t th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
he l
ist.
39.5
.2Th
e st
arti
ng o
rder
for
the
fol
low
ing
WCW
WC
is t
he r
ever
se o
rder
of
the
cur
rent
Wor
ld C
up R
anki
ng.
39.5
.3Ti
min
g
39.5
.3.1
Tim
ing
at W
orld
Cup
Spr
int
even
ts m
ust
be c
arri
ed o
ut b
oth
by
a ph
otoe
lect
ric
syst
em a
nd s
topw
atch
. In
any
cas
e th
e bo
dy o
f th
e co
mpe
tito
r m
ust
be u
sed
to b
oth
star
t an
d st
op t
he c
lock
(se
e ru
le
29.1
).
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
45
CHA
PTER
VI -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
RW
ORL
D C
UP
COM
PETI
TIO
N
39.1
DEF
INIT
ION
OBJ
ECT
[GR]
39.1
.1W
orld
Cup
Com
peti
tion
s in
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
(WCW
WC)
are
or
gani
sed
ever
y ye
ar f
or t
he p
urpo
se o
f pr
opag
atin
gth
e sp
ort.
39.1
.1.1
One
aw
ard
is m
ade
in e
ach
of t
he e
vent
:K1
-Men
, K1
-Wom
en,
C1-W
omen
,C2
Wom
en,
C1-M
en,
C2-M
en,
bear
ing
the
titl
e IC
F W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g W
orld
Cup
.
39.1
.1.2
The
WCW
WC
norm
ally
con
sist
s of
a s
erie
s of
4
even
ts i
n a
max
imum
of
2co
ntin
ents
: 2
Spri
nt R
aces
, 2
Clas
sic
Race
s in
2di
ffer
ent
plac
es.
The
Thir
d an
d Fo
urth
Race
s, S
prin
t an
d Cl
assi
c, c
ount
as
the
Fina
l. I
t is
ob
ligat
ory
that
the
y be
tit
led
as F
inal
s.
39.2
ORG
AN
ISA
TIO
N[G
R]/
[TR]
39.2
.1Ca
ndid
atur
es f
or W
orld
Cup
Com
peti
tion
s m
ust
be p
ropo
sed
to
the
Chai
r of
the
ICF
WW
CC b
efor
e th
e 1st
Sept
embe
r of
yea
r X
for
a co
mpe
titi
on t
o be
hel
d in
yea
r X+
2, b
y th
e N
atio
nal F
eder
atio
ns.
By t
he 1
st o
f Ja
nuar
y th
e ye
ar b
efor
e (i
e X+
1),
the
cale
ndar
of
ICF
Com
peti
tion
s (W
Ch a
nd W
Cup
) w
ill b
e pu
blis
hed.
39.2
.2Th
e W
WCC
se
lect
s fr
om
the
cand
idat
es
for
Wor
ld
Cup
part
icip
atio
n.
Thes
e se
lect
ions
ar
e en
dors
ed
by
the
ICF
Boar
d of
D
irec
tors
.
39.2
.3Th
ese
even
ts m
ust
be s
peci
fied
as
WCW
WC
in t
he IC
F ca
lend
ar.
39.2
.4Th
e sa
me
com
peti
tion
cou
rse
may
not
be u
sed
mor
e th
an t
hree
ti
mes
in s
ucce
ssio
n as
a W
CWW
C.
39.2
.5W
orld
Cu
p C
ompe
titi
ons
are
not
valid
un
less
at
le
ast
5 Fe
dera
tion
s st
art.
39.2
.6Th
e co
mpe
titi
ons
mus
t be
con
duct
ed i
n ac
cord
ance
wit
h th
e IC
F W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Ru
les,
exc
ept
as m
odif
ied
here
in.
ICF
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
017
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3.6
The
firs
t ye
ar,
a ju
nior
com
peti
tor
can
com
pete
is
the
year
tha
t hi
s 15
thbi
rthd
ay f
alls
in a
nd t
he la
st y
ear
he m
ay c
ompe
te,
as a
jun
ior
is t
he
year
tha
t hi
s 18
thbi
rthd
ay f
alls
in.
The
las
t ye
ar h
e/sh
e ca
n co
mpe
te i
n U
nder
23
cate
gory
is t
he y
ear
that
the
ir 2
3rd
birt
hday
fal
ls in
.3.
7A
mas
ter
com
peti
tor
can
com
pete
in a
Mas
ters
even
t in
a y
ear
that
he
or s
he r
each
es t
he l
ower
lim
it o
f th
e ag
e ca
tego
ry.
(e.
g. i
n th
e 35
-39
age
grou
p he
/she
is
elig
ible
in
the
year
of
his
or h
er 3
5th
birt
hday
). I
n ev
ents
tha
t ha
ve m
ore
than
one
com
peti
tor
in t
he b
oat
the
age
of t
he y
oung
est
com
peti
tor
will
det
erm
ine
the
cate
gory
in
w
hich
a
crew
ca
n co
mpe
te.
Age
grou
p ca
tego
ries
w
ill
com
men
ce f
rom
35-
39 y
ears
incr
easi
ng i
n 5
year
age
gro
ups
(40-
44,
45-
49,
etc)
.
3.8
Each
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
sha
ll en
sure
tha
t th
eir
com
peti
tors
are
in a
go
od s
tate
of
heal
th a
nd f
itne
ss w
hich
allo
ws
them
to
com
pete
at
a le
vel
com
men
sura
te w
ith
the
com
peti
tion
lev
el o
f th
e pa
rtic
ular
eve
nt a
nd
ensu
re
each
co
mpe
tito
r,
team
of
fici
al
and
the
mem
ber
fede
rati
on
carr
ies
appr
opri
ate
heal
th,
acci
dent
and
pro
pert
y in
sura
nce
cove
ring
th
eir
pers
ons,
equ
ipm
ent
and
prop
erty
.
4IN
TERN
ATI
ON
AL
COM
PETI
TIO
N C
ALEN
DA
R[G
R]
INTE
RNA
TIO
NA
L CO
MPE
TITI
ON
CA
LEN
DA
Ris
dif
fere
nt t
o th
eIC
F CO
MPE
TITI
ON
CA
LEN
DA
R (I
CF e
vent
s on
ly)
4.1
Onl
y a
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
m
ay
appl
y an
ev
ent
to
ente
r th
e In
tern
atio
nal C
ompe
titi
on C
alen
dar.
O
nly
mem
bers
of
the
ICF
may
app
ly f
or o
f ev
ents
to
the
Cale
ndar
.
4.1.
1An
app
licat
ion
will
be
mad
e di
rect
ly i
nto
the
ICF
data
base
or
by
usin
g a
form
est
ablis
hed
by t
he IC
F an
d pu
blis
hed
on t
he IC
F w
ebsi
te.
4.1.
2By
th
e 1st
of
Janu
ary
the
year
be
fore
, th
e ca
lend
ar
of
ICF
Com
peti
tion
s (W
Ch
and
WC
up)
will
be
pu
blis
hed.
Th
e de
adlin
e fo
rap
plic
atio
ns f
or i
nter
nati
onal
eve
nts
will
be
the
1stof
Mar
ch t
he y
ear
befo
re (
2 m
onth
s af
ter
the
publ
icat
ion
of t
he IC
F Co
mpe
titi
on C
alen
dar)
.
4.2
The
Com
peti
tion
Com
mis
sion
will
app
rove
the
com
plet
e ca
lend
ar o
f co
mpe
titi
ons.
Onc
e ap
prov
ed t
he C
alen
dar
will
be
fina
l.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
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5M
INIM
UM
PA
RTIC
IPA
TIO
N[T
R]
5.1
An i
ndiv
idua
l or
a t
eam
cat
egor
y ca
nnot
tak
e pl
ace
unle
ss a
t le
ast
3 co
mpe
tito
rs
or
3 te
ams
from
2
diff
eren
t Fe
dera
tion
s st
art
in
that
ca
tego
ry.
5.2
It i
s no
t ne
cess
ary
for
the
valid
ity
of t
he c
ompe
titi
on t
hat
all
3 co
mpe
tito
rs o
r al
l 3 t
eam
s fi
nish
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
44
spri
nt r
ace
in t
he s
ame
cate
gory
. If
the
rac
e is
org
anis
ed w
ith
two
heat
s (n
o fi
nal)
the
res
ults
will
be
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e be
st t
ime
from
the
tw
o ru
ns.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
43
WO
MEN
K1K1
WO
MEN
K1W
C1C1
WO
MEN
C1W
C2C2
WO
MEN
C2W
MEN
K1K1
MEN
K1W
C1C1
MEN
C1M
C2C2
MEN
C2M
38.4
.2Te
am C
lass
ic a
nd T
eam
Spr
int
Even
ts
WO
MEN
K1K1
WO
MEN
3 X
K1W
C1C1
WO
MEN
3 X
C1W
C2C2
WO
MEN
3 X
C2W
MEN
K1K1
MEN
3 X
K1M
C1C1
MEN
3 X
C1M
C2C2
MEN
3 X
C2M
38.5
COU
RSE
/ CO
MPE
TITI
ON
SCH
EDU
LE /
STA
RT O
RDER
[TR]
38.5
.1
Juni
or
and
Und
er
23
Wor
ld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
in
Wild
wat
er
Cano
eing
(C
lass
ic a
nd S
prin
t)ar
e no
rmal
ly h
eld
over
5 d
ays
of r
aces
:
38.5
.2D
ay1:
Indi
vidu
al W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Cl
assi
c ra
ceD
ay2:
Tea
ms
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
race
Day
3: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt h
eats
Day
4: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt f
inal
sD
ay5:
Tea
m W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
rac
e
38.5
.3St
art
orde
r of
the
firs
t ra
ce w
ill b
e th
e re
vers
e or
der
of t
he
prev
ious
Jun
ior
and
Und
er 2
3 W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip
in C
lass
ic.
Unc
lass
ifie
d ca
ses
star
t at
the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e lis
t.
Star
t or
der
of t
he s
econ
d in
divi
dual
rac
e w
ill b
e th
e re
vers
e or
der
from
the
resu
lt o
f th
e fi
rst
indi
vidu
al r
ace.
Star
t or
der
for
Spri
nt in
divi
dual
Hea
t 2
and
Fina
ls s
ee r
ule
6.1.
2.1
Star
t or
der
for
the
clas
sic
team
rac
es w
ill b
e th
e re
vers
e or
der
of t
he
com
bine
d to
tal
of t
he t
hree
ind
ivid
ual
tim
es o
f th
e cl
assi
c ra
ce i
n th
e sa
me
cate
gory
. St
art
orde
r fo
r th
e sp
rint
tea
m r
aces
will
be
reve
rse
orde
r fr
om t
he
com
bine
d to
tal
of t
he t
hree
ind
ivid
ual
tim
es f
rom
the
fir
st h
eat
of t
he
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er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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CHA
PTER
II -
CATE
GO
RIES
-BO
AT
CON
STRU
CTIO
N -
TRA
DEM
ARK
S
6CA
TEG
ORI
ES/
K1M
, K1
W,
C1M
, C1
W,
C2M
an
d C2
W[T
R]
6.1
Indi
vidu
al C
lass
ic E
vent
s:
Wom
enK1
Men
K1W
omen
C1M
enC1
Wom
enC2
Men
C2
Indi
vidu
al S
prin
t Ev
ents
:
Wom
enK1
Men
K1W
omen
C1M
enC1
Wom
enC2
Men
C2
6.1.
1A
com
peti
tor
may
ent
er t
wo
diff
eren
t in
divi
dual
eve
nts
in c
lass
ic
race
s an
d sp
rint
rac
es.
6.1.
2Th
e in
divi
dual
spr
int
race
s ca
n be
org
aniz
ed w
ith
two
runs
(th
e fa
sted
run
will
be
coun
ted)
or
wit
h tw
o he
ats
and
a f
inal
. 6.
1.2.
1 H
eat
1: S
tart
ord
er o
f th
e H
eat
1will
be
the
reve
rse
orde
r of
the
cu
rren
t IC
F Ra
nkin
g. A
nom
alou
s ca
ses
star
t at
the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e lis
t.
For
each
com
peti
tor
(or
both
com
peti
tors
in
C2)
it i
s ob
ligat
ory
to s
tart
in
the
fir
st h
eat,
if t
hey
wan
t to
qua
lify
for
the
fina
ls.
The
top
5 co
mpe
tito
rs o
f th
e 1s
t he
at o
f ea
ch b
oat
cate
gory
will
go
dire
ctly
to
the
fina
ls a
nd s
o th
ey d
o no
t st
art
in H
eat
2.
If t
wo
or m
ore
com
peti
tors
obt
ain
the
sam
e re
sult
a t
ieis
dec
lare
d H
eat
2: T
he s
tart
ord
er f
or H
eat
2 is
the
rev
erse
ord
er o
f th
e re
sult
s of
H
eat
1 (w
itho
ut t
hose
5 t
op c
ompe
tito
rs f
rom
Hea
t 1)
. Th
e to
p 10
com
peti
tors
in K
1m,
the
top
7 in
K1w
and
C1m
, an
d th
e to
p 5
in C
1w,
C2W
and
C2m
adv
ance
to
the
fina
l to
joi
n th
e 5
com
peti
tors
fr
om H
eat
1.
If t
wo
or m
ore
com
peti
tors
obt
ain
the
sam
e re
sult
a t
ie is
dec
lare
d.
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Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
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The
Fina
ls in
eac
h bo
at c
ateg
ory
shal
l co
nsis
t of
one
run
. Th
e st
art
orde
r of
the
fin
al r
un is
the
rev
erse
ord
er o
f th
e qu
alif
ying
.
resu
lts
of H
eat
2 fo
llow
ed b
y th
e re
vers
e or
der
of r
esul
ts o
f th
e to
p 5
from
Hea
t 1.
In
the
cas
e of
a t
ie i
n H
eat
1 or
Hea
t 2
the
com
peti
tor
(boa
t) w
ith
the
bett
er r
anki
ng i
n th
e cu
rren
t IC
F Ra
nkin
g w
ill s
tart
aft
er t
he c
ompe
tito
r w
ith
the
low
er IC
F Ra
nkin
g. N
umbe
r of
boa
ts in
the
fin
al:
15 b
oats
in M
K I
12 b
oats
in W
K I
12 b
oats
in M
C I
10 b
oats
in W
C I
10 b
oats
in W
C II
10
boa
ts in
M C
II
If t
wo
or m
ore
com
peti
tors
obt
ain
the
sam
e re
sult
in
the
fina
l a
tie
is
decl
ared
.
6.1.
2.2
For
Com
peti
tors
who
hav
e tw
o he
at r
uns
and
are
not
qual
ifie
d fo
r th
e Fi
nals
, th
e se
cond
run
sco
re i
n th
e he
ats
phas
e is
cou
nted
as
thei
r he
ats
resu
lt.
6.2
Team
Cla
ssic
and
Tea
m S
prin
t Ev
ents
Wom
en3
x K1
Men
3 x
K1W
omen
3 x
C1M
en3
x C1
Wom
en3
x C2
Men
3 x
C2
6.2.
1Te
ams
may
onl
y be
com
pose
d of
com
peti
tors
who
are
acc
redi
ted
in in
divi
dual
eve
nts.
6.2.
1.1
The
spri
nt t
eam
rac
e ca
n be
org
anis
ed w
ith
one
or t
wo
runs
. If
th
ere
are
two
runs
, th
e fa
sted
run
will
be
coun
ted.
6.2.
2A
com
peti
tor
may
ent
er t
wo
diff
eren
t te
am e
vent
s in
cla
ssic
rac
es
and
two
diff
eren
t ev
ents
in t
eam
spr
int
race
s.6.
2.3
A co
mpe
tito
r m
ay p
arti
cipa
te i
n a
team
cat
egor
y di
ffer
ent
from
hi
s/he
r in
divi
dual
cat
egor
y.
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
42
CHA
PTER
V -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
R JU
NIO
R A
ND
UN
DER
23
WO
RLD
CH
AM
PIO
NSH
IPS
Refe
r to
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Com
peti
tion
Rul
es a
nd S
peci
al R
ules
for
Sen
ior
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s ex
cept
as
amen
ded
in t
his
chap
ter.
38.1
PURP
OSE
[GR]
In o
rder
to
exte
nd t
he p
ract
ice
of W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Ch
ampi
onsh
ips
for
Juni
or a
nd U
nder
23
will
be
held
in e
very
tw
o (o
dd)
year
s.
38.2
AG
E LI
MIT
S[T
R]
38.2
.1In
the
ind
ivid
ual
even
ts o
f K1
M,
K1W
, C1
M,
C2M
C1W
, C2
W a
n at
hlet
e m
ay o
nly
ente
r an
d co
mpe
te i
n th
e sa
me
even
t in
eit
her
Juni
or
or U
23.
For
thes
e ev
ents
Ath
lete
s m
ay e
nter
dif
fere
nt e
vent
s in
dif
fere
nt
age
grou
ps.
38.2
.2In
the
C2M
and
C2W
even
t an
Ath
lete
may
ent
er i
n bo
th a
ge
grou
ps w
ith
diff
eren
t pa
rtne
rs a
s lo
ng a
s th
ey c
ompl
y w
ith
Rule
3.4
. Th
ey m
ay n
ot e
nter
bot
h ag
e gr
oups
wit
h th
e sa
me
part
ner.
38.2
.3Be
fore
the
com
peti
tion
, th
e Te
am M
anag
er m
ust
pres
ent
an
offi
cial
doc
umen
t su
ch a
s a
pass
port
or
iden
tifi
cati
on c
ard
that
inc
lude
s a
phot
o, f
or a
ge c
onfi
rmat
ion
purp
oses
of
the
com
peti
tors
(Re
fer
to R
ule
3.4)
38.3
Team
Eve
nts
[TR]
Whe
re a
Fed
erat
ion
does
not
hav
e su
ffic
ient
Ath
lete
s to
mak
e an
ent
ry
in a
Tea
m e
vent
at
an a
ge g
roup
the
n in
thi
s ca
se,
up t
o tw
o At
hlet
es
may
com
pete
in
both
age
gro
ups
in t
he s
ame
Team
eve
nt t
o co
mpl
ete
a te
am a
s lo
ng a
s th
ey c
ompl
y w
ith
Rule
s 3.
4 an
d 6.
2.2
38.4
CATE
GO
RIES
/ K1
M,
K1W
, C1
M,
C2M
, C1
WA
ND
C2W
[GR]
38.4
.1 In
divi
dual
Cla
ssic
Eve
nts
and
Indi
vidu
al S
prin
t Ev
ents
:
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
41
For:
Com
bine
d C
1 –
Wom
en,
C2 –
Wom
en a
nd C
ombi
ned
C1 –
Men
, C2
-M
en (
Add
ed t
oget
her)
For:
“O
ver-
All
” w
inni
ng F
eder
atio
n
“Ove
r-Al
l” w
inni
ng F
eder
atio
n Po
ints
add
ed t
oget
her
from
K1-
Men
; K1
-W
omen
; C
ombi
ned
C1-W
omen
and
C2
–W
omen
and
Com
bine
d C1
-Men
an
d C2
-Men
. In
cas
e of
a t
ie t
he c
up w
ill b
e aw
arde
d as
fol
low
s: T
he N
atio
ns w
ill b
e ra
nked
bas
ed o
n th
e co
mbi
ned
resu
lts
of M
en’s
K1.
If t
here
is s
till
a ti
e it
w
ill b
e ba
sed
on t
he c
ombi
ned
resu
lts
of W
omen
K1.
37.1
4RE
SULT
S A
ND
REP
ORT
S[G
R]
37.1
4 A
copy
of
the
deta
iled
fina
l an
d of
fici
al r
esul
ts o
f th
e W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips,
rep
orts
rel
evan
t to
the
pro
test
s, f
rom
the
org
anis
ing
Fede
rati
on,
Chie
f O
ffic
ial
and
from
th
e Ch
ief
Judg
e an
d al
l ot
her
rele
vant
doc
umen
ts m
ust
be s
ent
to t
he I
CF S
ecre
tary
Gen
eral
and
to
the
Cha
ir o
f th
e W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Co
mm
itte
e, w
ithi
n 30
day
s af
ter
the
clos
ing
of a
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
.
1stPl
ace
10 p
oint
s2nd
Plac
e9
poin
ts3rd
Plac
e8
poin
ts4th
Plac
e7
poin
ts…
.…
.
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Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
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6.2.
4In
Int
erna
tion
al c
ompe
titi
on t
here
may
be,
at
the
orga
nise
rs’
disc
reti
on,
Juni
or a
nd/o
r M
aste
rs e
vent
s in
any
or
all
of t
he a
bove
ev
ents
.
6.2.
4.1
Onl
y on
e bo
at o
f a
team
may
be
subs
titu
ted.
6.2.
4.2
This
cha
nge
mus
t be
com
mun
icat
ed t
o th
e St
arte
r in
wri
ting
.
7BO
ATS
-PA
DD
LES-
ACCE
SSO
RIES
[TR]
7.1
Boat
Spe
cifi
cati
ons
7.1.
1Al
l typ
es o
f K1
:le
ngth
4.5
0m m
axim
um w
idth
of
hull
0.60
m m
inim
um
All t
ypes
of
C1:
leng
th 4
.30m
max
imum
wid
th o
f hu
ll 0.
70 m
min
imum
All t
ypes
of
C2:
leng
th 5
.00m
max
imum
wid
th o
f hu
ll 0.
80 m
min
imum
The
seam
joi
ning
the
hul
l to
the
dec
k ca
n be
con
side
red
to b
e pa
rt o
ff
the
hull
for
mea
sure
men
t. N
o ex
tra
com
pone
nts
shal
l be
add
ed t
o th
e bo
at t
o en
hanc
e th
e di
men
sion
.
7.1.
2M
inim
um W
eigh
ts o
f Bo
ats
(the
min
imum
wei
ght
of t
he b
oat
is
mea
sure
d w
hen
the
boat
is d
ry)
All t
ypes
of
K1:1
0 kg
All t
ypes
of
C1:1
1 kg
All t
ypes
of
C2:1
7 kg
Not
e: T
he a
ir b
ags
to b
e ta
ken
as b
eing
par
t of
the
boa
t. T
he s
pray
dec
k is
con
side
red
to b
e an
acc
esso
ry a
nd n
ot p
art
of t
he b
oat.
7.1.
3Ru
dder
s ar
e pr
ohib
ited
on
all b
oats
.
7.1.
4Bo
ats
mus
t be
de
sign
ed
to,
and
rem
ain
wit
hin
the
requ
ired
di
men
sion
s.
7.1.
5Ka
yaks
ar
e de
cked
bo
ats
whi
ch
mus
t be
pr
opel
led
by
doub
le
blad
ed p
addl
es a
nd in
side
whi
ch t
he c
ompe
tito
rs s
it.
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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Cana
dian
can
oes
are
deck
ed b
oats
whi
ch m
ust
be p
rope
lled
by s
ingl
e bl
aded
pad
dles
and
insi
de w
hich
the
com
peti
tors
kne
es.
7.1.
6Bo
ats
may
hav
e on
ly a
sin
gle
keel
lin
e, w
ith
a si
ngle
bow
and
a
sing
le s
tern
.
7.2
Trad
emar
ks a
nd e
mbl
ems
7.2.
1Bo
ats,
acc
esso
ries
and
clo
thin
g m
ay c
arry
tra
dem
arks
, ad
vert
isin
g sy
mbo
ls (
wit
h th
e ex
cept
ion
of t
obac
co p
rodu
cts)
, em
blem
s an
d w
ords
.
7.3
Requ
irem
ents
for
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
s
7.3.
1Th
e gu
idel
ines
for
any
adv
erti
sing
mat
eria
l ca
rrie
d on
the
clo
thin
g an
d eq
uipm
ent
of p
addl
ers
shou
ld b
e as
fol
low
s:
7.3.
2Al
l ad
vert
isin
g m
ater
ial
shou
ld b
e pl
aced
in
such
a w
ay t
hat
it
does
not
int
erfe
re w
ith
com
peti
tor’
s id
enti
fica
tion
and
doe
s no
t af
fect
th
e ou
tcom
e of
the
rac
e.
7.3.
3Th
e ad
vert
isin
g of
tob
acco
sm
okin
g an
d st
rong
spi
rit
drin
ks w
ill
not
be a
ccep
ted.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
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2ndPl
ace
Team
-Si
lver
to
each
mem
ber
3rdPl
ace
Team
-Br
onze
to
each
mem
ber
37.1
3.3
In t
he C
2 ca
tego
ry,
both
mem
bers
of
the
crew
will
rec
eive
the
ap
prop
riat
e m
edal
.O
nly
thes
e m
edal
s an
d no
oth
er p
rize
s sh
all
be p
rese
nted
at
the
awar
ds
cere
mon
y.Th
e or
gani
sing
Fe
dera
tion
on
so
me
othe
r oc
casi
on
may
gi
ve
othe
r aw
ards
or
gift
s.In
no
case
sha
ll th
e aw
ard
be g
iven
oth
er t
han
to t
he p
erso
n w
inni
ng,
or
his
offi
cial
rep
rese
ntat
ive.
37.1
3.4
To
mai
ntai
n th
e so
lem
nity
an
d di
gnit
y of
th
e pr
esen
tati
on
cere
mon
y th
e co
mpe
tito
rs r
ecei
ving
med
als
mus
t w
ear
prop
er c
loth
ing
(tra
inin
g su
its
or n
atio
nal
unif
orm
s).
37.1
3.5
ICF
Nat
ions
Cup
s fo
r Cl
assi
c an
d Sp
rint
Com
peti
tion
s
37.1
3.5.
1 Fi
ve o
vera
ll cu
ps w
ill b
e aw
arde
d fo
r Cl
assi
c Ra
ce a
nd f
ive
over
all c
ups
will
be
awar
ded
for
Spri
nt R
ace:
37.1
3.5.
2Th
e cu
ps w
ill b
e aw
arde
d to
the
Fed
erat
ion
wit
h th
e hi
ghes
t po
ints
as
follo
ws:
For
: K1
–M
en /
K1
–W
omen
1stPl
ace
20 p
oint
s2nd
Plac
e19
poi
nts
3rdPl
ace
18 p
oint
s4th
Plac
e17
poi
nts
….
….
K1 W
OM
ENCo
mbi
ned
C1
WO
MEN
, C2
Wom
enK1
MEN
Com
bine
d C
1 m
en,
C2 M
en“O
ver-
All”
win
ning
Fed
erat
ion
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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37.1
1TI
MIN
G[T
R]
37.1
1.1
Tim
ing
at W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
mus
t be
car
ried
out
bot
h by
a
phot
oele
ctri
c sy
stem
(ac
cura
te t
o 0.
01 o
f a
seco
nd)
and
stop
wat
ch.
In
any
case
, th
e bo
dy o
f th
e co
mpe
tito
r m
ust
be u
sed
to b
oth
star
t an
d st
op t
he c
lock
. (S
ee r
ules
29.1
).
37.1
1.2
In
the
calc
ulat
ion
of
resu
lts,
th
e ph
otoe
lect
ric
syst
em
has
prio
rity
.In
the
eve
nt o
f fa
ilure
of
the
phot
oele
ctri
c sy
stem
, th
e ba
ckup
tim
es a
re
used
.
37.1
2A
NTI
-DO
PIN
G[G
R]
37.1
2.1
Dop
ing
as d
efin
ed i
n th
e O
lym
pic
Mov
emen
t An
ti-D
opin
g C
ode
is
stri
ctly
for
bidd
en.
Anti
-Dop
ing
cont
rol
shal
l be
con
duct
ed i
n ac
cord
ance
wit
h th
e IC
F An
ti-
Dop
ing
cont
rol
regu
lati
ons
unde
r th
e su
perv
isio
n of
the
ICF
Med
ical
&
Anti
-Dop
ing
Com
mit
tee.
37.1
3A
WA
RDS
[GR]
37.1
3.1
The
cham
pion
ship
s aw
ards
are
giv
en i
n th
e fo
rm o
f m
edal
s ac
cord
ing
to t
he O
lym
pic
prot
ocol
.Th
e m
edal
s to
be
awar
ded
shal
l sym
bolis
e go
ld,
silv
er a
nd b
ronz
e.Th
ey a
re p
rovi
ded
at t
he e
xpen
se o
f th
e or
gani
sing
Fed
erat
ion,
whi
ch
obta
ins
them
upo
n ap
plic
atio
n fr
om t
he IC
F.
37.1
3.2
The
med
als
are
awar
ded
as f
ollo
ws:
For
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
Com
peti
tion
For
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt C
ompe
titi
onFo
r W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Cl
assi
c Te
am C
ompe
titi
onFo
r W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
Tea
m C
ompe
titi
on
37.1
3.2.
1In
divi
dual
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips:
1stPl
ace
-G
old
2ndPl
ace
-Si
lver
3rdPl
ace
-Br
onze
37.1
3.2.
2Te
am C
ham
pion
ship
s:1st
Plac
e Te
am -
Gol
d to
eac
h m
embe
r
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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CHA
PTER
III -
RACI
NG
ORG
AN
ISA
TIO
N A
ND
REG
ULA
TIO
NS
OF
THE
COM
PETI
TIO
NS
8O
FFIC
IALS
[GR]
[TR]
Dep
endi
ng o
n it
s na
ture
and
im
port
ance
, an
Int
erna
tion
al W
ildw
ater
Ca
noei
ng C
ompe
titi
on is
man
aged
by
the
follo
win
g of
fici
als:
8.1
Jury
8.1.
1Ev
ery
inte
rnat
iona
l W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g co
mpe
titi
on m
ust
have
Ju
ries
con
sist
ing
of 3
mem
bers
.Ju
ry m
embe
rs m
ust
be IJ
WW
C.
The
mem
bers
of
the
Jury
are
nam
ed b
y th
e or
gani
sing
Fed
erat
ion
on t
he
basi
s of
nom
inat
ions
rec
eive
d fr
om t
he p
arti
cipa
ting
Fed
erat
ions
.A
part
icip
atin
g Fe
dera
tion
m
ay
not
have
m
ore
than
on
e Ju
ry
repr
esen
tati
ve.
The
Repr
esen
tati
ve o
f th
e or
gani
sing
Fed
erat
ion
shal
l pr
esid
e ov
er t
he
Jury
.
8.1.
2Th
e Ju
ry r
ecei
ves
prot
ests
con
cern
ing
non-
obse
rvan
ce o
f th
e ru
les
of
com
peti
tion
an
d m
akes
th
e fi
nal
deci
sion
in
th
e ev
ent
of
disa
gree
men
t co
ncer
ning
inte
rpre
tati
on o
f th
e ru
les.
Dec
isio
ns o
f th
e Co
mpe
titi
on C
omm
itte
e m
ust
be i
n ac
cord
ance
wit
h IC
F ru
les.
The
Jury
may
dis
qual
ify
a co
mpe
tito
r fo
r th
e en
tire
dur
atio
n of
the
co
mpe
titi
on.
The
Jury
dec
ides
on
all
ques
tion
s ra
ised
dur
ing
the
com
peti
tion
tha
t ar
e no
t co
vere
d by
the
rul
es.
In t
heev
ent
of a
tie
vot
e, t
he C
hair
of
the
Jury
dec
ides
.
8.2
Off
icia
ls (
GR)
Inte
rnat
iona
l com
peti
tion
s ar
e to
be
supe
rvis
ed b
y:1)
Chi
ef O
ffic
ial
2) T
echn
ical
Org
anis
er3)
Chi
ef J
udge
4) A
ssis
tent
Chi
ef J
udge
5) S
ecti
on J
udge
6)
Sta
rt J
udge
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er C
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ing
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peti
tion
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7) P
re S
tart
Con
trol
ler
8) F
inis
h Ju
dge
9) B
oat
Cont
rolle
r10
) Sa
fety
Off
icer
11)
Med
ical
Off
icer
(on
ly f
or W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips)
12)
Med
ia O
ffic
er (
only
for
wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s)
8.2.
1O
ffic
ials
1,
2, 3
, 4
mus
t be
IJW
WC.
8.3
The
exam
inat
ion
for
Inte
rnat
iona
l Ju
dges
(IJ
WW
C) r
equi
res
that
the
fo
llow
ing
cond
itio
ns b
e m
et:
8.3.
1 Ex
amin
atio
n:
1. E
xam
inat
ion
Org
anis
atio
n
-O
ffic
ials
Exa
min
atio
n is
org
anis
ed a
t ev
ery
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s if
the
re
is s
uffi
cien
t in
tere
st.
-In
ca
se
out-
of-W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips
exam
inat
ions
, on
ly
Cont
inen
tal
Asso
ciat
ions
or
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
s ar
e en
titl
ed t
o ap
ply
to h
old
an
exam
inat
ion.
Th
is
is
done
to
geth
er
wit
h th
e ap
plic
atio
n fo
r th
e Co
mpe
titi
on C
alen
dar
usin
g a
form
est
ablis
hed
by t
he I
CF a
nd p
ublis
hed
on t
he IC
F w
ebsi
te.
Appl
icat
ion
dead
lines
are
the
sam
e as
for
the
Int
erna
tion
al C
ompe
titi
on
Cale
ndar
. Th
e Ex
amin
atio
n Ca
lend
ar i
s pu
blis
hed
on t
he s
ame
date
as
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Com
peti
tion
Cal
enda
r.
2. E
xam
inat
ion
Cand
idat
es
Onl
y N
atio
nal
Fede
rati
ons
are
enti
tled
to
no
min
ate
cand
idat
es
for
exam
inat
ion
at le
ast
30 d
ays
befo
re t
he e
xam
inat
ion.
The
appl
icat
ions
mus
t be
sen
t to
the
ICF
Hea
dqua
rter
s on
the
spe
cial
for
m
desi
gned
by
the
ICF
and
publ
ishe
d on
the
ICF
web
site
. IC
F H
eadq
uart
ers
is
form
ing
a da
taba
se a
nd f
orw
ardi
ng t
he l
ist
of n
ames
to
the
Resp
ectf
ul
Com
mit
tee
Chai
r.
3. E
xam
inat
ion
Proc
edur
e
A su
b-co
mm
itte
e co
nsis
ting
of
tw
o m
embe
rs,
appo
inte
d by
th
e IC
F Te
chni
cal C
omm
itte
e Ch
air,
will
hol
d th
is e
xam
inat
ion.
Th
e ex
amin
atio
n w
ill b
e ca
rrie
d ou
t in
Eng
lish
lang
uage
for
off
icia
ls w
ho
wis
h to
be
cons
ider
ed a
s of
fici
als
for
ICF
Com
peti
tion
s an
d w
ill b
e ba
sed
ICF
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
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es 2
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The
Chie
f O
ffic
ial
and
othe
r te
chni
cal
offi
cial
s ar
e su
bord
inat
e to
the
Ju
ry.
Appe
al a
gain
st d
ecis
ions
mad
e by
the
Chi
ef J
udge
mus
t be
pre
sent
ed i
n w
riti
ng a
nd s
ubm
itte
d w
ith
a fe
e of
75
Euro
s (o
r th
e eq
uiva
lent
in
the
curr
ency
of
the
coun
try
orga
nisi
ng t
he c
ompe
titi
on)
to t
he C
hair
of
the
Jury
wit
hin
20 m
inut
es o
f th
e ti
me
that
a d
ecis
ion
is g
iven
by
the
Chie
f Ju
dge.
The
dec
isio
n of
the
Jur
y is
fin
al.
The
fee
will
be
retu
rned
if
the
clai
m is
jus
tifi
ed.
37.9
.2O
FFIC
IALS
[GR]
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s m
ust
be m
anag
ed b
y th
e of
fici
als,
lis
ted
in A
rtic
le
9 of
the
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es,
unde
r th
e di
rect
orsh
ip o
f th
e Ch
ief
Off
icia
l.
Off
icia
ls m
ay a
ssum
e tw
o or
mor
e fu
ncti
ons.
The
y m
ay n
ot a
lso
assu
me
any
Nat
iona
l tea
m o
blig
atio
ns,
such
as
Team
Man
ager
, Co
ach,
Tra
iner
.Th
e na
me
and
deta
ils o
f th
ese
offi
cial
s m
ust
be s
ent
by t
he F
eder
atio
ns
to t
he C
hair
of
the
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
mit
tee
by t
he e
nd o
f M
arch
in
the
year
of
the
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
for
him
/her
to
pres
ent
a lis
t to
th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of D
irec
tors
for
the
ir a
ppro
val.
The
expe
nses
for
roo
m a
nd b
oard
dur
ing
the
who
le c
ompe
titi
on i
s th
e re
spon
sibi
lity
of t
he O
rgan
isin
g Fe
dera
tion
, fo
r th
e fo
llow
ing
Off
icia
ls:
Jury
, Ch
ief
Off
icia
l, T
echn
ical
Org
anis
er,
Chie
f Ju
dge.
37.1
0CO
URS
E[T
R]
37.1
0.1
The
cour
se a
t W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
will
be
less
tha
n 30
min
utes
lon
g.
The
cour
se f
or t
he C
lass
ic t
eam
ev
ent
is h
eld
on t
he C
lass
ic c
ours
e.
37.1
0.2
The
cour
se a
t W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt is
he
ld o
n a
cour
se t
hat
can
vary
fro
m 2
00m
to
600m
. Th
e co
urse
for
the
sp
rint
tea
m e
vent
is h
eld
on t
he s
ame
cour
se.
37.1
0.3
The
cour
se i
s su
perv
ised
by
one
offi
cial
fro
m t
he O
rgan
isin
gFe
dera
tion
rec
omm
ende
d by
the
WW
CC t
o th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of D
irec
tors
for
th
eir
appr
oval
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
37
the
Chai
r of
the
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
mit
tee
by t
he 1
stJa
nuar
y in
th
e ye
ar o
f th
e W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
for
him
/her
to
pres
ent
a lis
t of
O
ffic
ials
to
the
Com
peti
tion
Com
mis
sion
.
37.7
ACC
EPTA
NCE
OF
ENTR
IES
[TR]
37.7
.1Th
e O
rgan
isin
g Fe
dera
tion
mus
t ac
know
ledg
e re
ceip
t of
eac
h en
try.
37.8
PRO
GRA
MM
E[T
R]
37.8
.1At
lea
st 1
mon
th b
efor
e th
e op
enin
gof
a W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip,
each
par
tici
pati
ng F
eder
atio
n m
ust
rece
ive
the
prov
isio
nal
prog
ram
me
wit
h an
app
roxi
mat
e ti
met
able
, an
d co
ntai
ning
the
num
ber
of r
egis
tere
d bo
ats
in e
ach
cate
gory
fro
m e
ach
part
icip
atin
g Fe
dera
tion
.
37.8
.2Th
e pr
opos
ed p
rogr
amm
e m
ust
be s
ent
to t
he I
CF W
ildw
ater
Ca
noei
ng C
omm
itte
e 6
mon
ths
befo
re t
he W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ip r
aces
. W
ith
the
perm
issi
on o
f th
e IC
F th
e pr
ogra
mm
e m
ay b
e m
odif
ied.
37.8
.3Th
e fi
nal
prog
ram
me
mus
t be
re
ceiv
ed
by
the
part
icip
atin
g Fe
dera
tion
s no
lat
er t
han
eigh
t da
ys b
efor
e of
fici
al t
rain
ing.
Cha
nges
m
ay b
e m
ade
at t
he T
eam
Man
ager
s M
eeti
ng.
37.8
.3.1
This
pro
gram
me
mus
t co
ntai
n:Th
e co
mpl
ete
prog
ram
me
of e
vent
s an
d th
e ti
met
able
for
the
eve
nts,
th
e na
me
and
Fede
rati
on o
f ea
ch p
arti
cipa
ting
com
peti
tor
and
thei
rst
art
num
bers
.
37.9
OFF
ICIA
LS-I
CF[G
R] [
TR]
37.9
.1JU
RY[G
R]
Dur
ing
the
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s, t
he s
upre
me
auth
orit
y re
sts
wit
h th
e Ju
ry.
The
Jury
con
sist
s of
up
to f
ive
(5)
pers
ons.
The
ICF
Boa
rd o
f D
irec
tors
ap
poin
ts m
embe
rs o
f th
e Ju
ry.
One
of
thes
e is
nam
ed C
hair
of
the
Jury
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
16
on t
he k
now
ledg
e of
the
ICF
Sta
tute
s, t
he I
CF C
ompe
titi
on R
ules
and
pr
acti
cal e
xper
ienc
e.
If p
eopl
e ta
ke t
he e
xam
inat
ion
in o
ne o
f th
e ot
her
offi
cial
lang
uage
s, t
hey
may
not
be
cons
ider
ed t
o of
fici
ate
at IC
F Co
mpe
titi
ons.
4. O
ffic
ials
' Car
ds
Afte
r co
mpl
etio
n of
the
exa
min
atio
n th
e Re
spec
tive
Cha
ir c
ompl
etes
the
IC
F O
ffic
ial
Exam
inat
ion
Repo
rt a
nd s
ends
it
to t
he I
CF H
eadq
uart
ers,
w
here
the
Off
icia
l's c
ards
for
tho
se w
ho p
asse
d th
eex
am a
re i
ssue
d an
d se
nt t
o th
e N
atio
nal F
eder
atio
ns.
5. V
alid
ity
and
Rene
wal
s
Valid
ity
and
rene
wal
s ar
e su
bjec
t to
the
Tec
hnic
al C
hair
s’ c
rite
ria.
If t
he
Off
icia
ls’
Card
exp
ires
, is
los
t or
des
troy
ed a
20
Euro
fee
for
ren
ewal
will
be
cha
rged
.
8.3.
2 Fi
nanc
ial R
espo
nsib
ility
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
s ar
e fi
nanc
ially
res
pons
ible
for
the
ir O
ffic
ials
(be
fore
an
d af
ter
the
exam
inat
ion)
. Fo
r ev
ery
cand
idat
e ap
plie
d fo
r th
e ex
amin
atio
n, a
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
w
ill b
e ch
arge
d 20
€.
Tota
l Inv
oice
will
be
sent
to
a N
atio
nal F
eder
atio
n in
th
e pe
riod
bet
wee
n 30
Oct
ober
and
30
Nov
embe
r fo
r th
e cu
rren
t ye
ar.
If a
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
is
appl
ying
for
an
exam
inat
ion
out
of W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips,
th
e Fe
dera
tion
co
ncer
ned
will
co
ver
the
exam
inat
ion
orga
nisa
tion
co
sts
incl
udin
g liv
ing
and
trav
ellin
g ex
pens
es
of
the
exam
iner
s.
8.3.
3 N
omin
atio
n an
d Ap
poin
tmen
t of
the
Off
icia
ls f
or IC
F Ev
ents
O
nly
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
s ar
e en
titl
ed
to
nom
inat
e O
ffic
ials
fo
r IC
F Ev
ents
. Th
e de
adlin
e fo
r su
bmit
ting
pro
posa
ls i
s th
e 1st
of J
anua
ry i
n th
e ye
ar o
f th
e ev
ent.
Th
e no
min
atio
ns a
re s
ubm
itte
d to
the
Res
pect
ive
Tech
nica
l Co
mm
itte
e Ch
air
(wit
h a
copy
to
the
ICF
Hea
dqua
rter
s).
The
Chai
r w
ill p
rese
nt a
lis
t of
Off
icia
ls t
o th
e Co
mpe
titi
on C
omm
issi
on f
or t
heir
app
rova
l by
the
1st
of
Mar
ch.
9D
UTI
ES O
F O
FFIC
IALS
[TR]
9.1
The
Chi
ef O
ffic
ial d
irec
ts t
he c
ompe
titi
on a
ccor
ding
to
the
rule
s.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
17
9.2
The
Tech
nica
l Org
anis
er is
res
pons
ible
for
:Lo
cal p
repa
rati
ons
for,
and
con
duct
of,
the
ent
ire
com
peti
tion
The
inst
alla
tion
and
pro
per
func
tion
ing
of t
echn
ical
equ
ipm
ent
requ
ired
fo
r th
e co
mpe
titi
on.
9.3
The
Chi
ef J
udge
mus
t as
sure
tha
t th
e co
mpe
titi
on i
s ru
n co
rrec
tly
in
keep
ing
wit
h th
e Co
mpe
titi
on R
ules
. H
e in
terp
rets
the
com
peti
tion
rul
es
and
may
dis
qual
ify
a co
mpe
tito
r or
gra
nt a
rer
un.
The
Chi
ef J
udge
has
the
dut
y to
int
erru
pt t
he r
un/
com
peti
tion
due
to
unfo
rese
en
even
ts
or
due
to
extr
emel
y ha
rsh
wea
ther
or
w
ater
co
ndit
ions
whi
ch w
ould
be
dist
urbi
ng t
he r
egul
arly
cou
rse
of t
he r
un/
com
peti
tion
.
9.3.
1Th
e Ch
ief
Judg
e m
ust
subm
it a
rep
ort
to t
he IC
F Se
cret
ary
Gen
eral
an
d to
the
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
mit
tee
conc
erni
ng t
he r
unni
ng o
f th
e co
mpe
titi
on.
9.3.
2Th
e As
sist
ant
Chi
ef J
udge
will
clo
sely
co-
oper
ate
wit
h th
e Ch
ief
Judg
e an
d th
e Ch
ief
Off
icia
l an
d w
ill a
ssis
t w
ith
the
adm
inis
trat
ive
task
s re
late
d to
the
com
peti
tion
esp
ecia
lly j
udgi
ng l
ocat
ions
and
ins
truc
tion
s to
jud
ges.
He/
she
will
ass
ist
in t
he f
orm
ulat
ion
of t
he d
ecis
ions
of
the
Chi
ef J
udge
re
gard
ing
any
prot
ests
and
will
ove
rsee
the
rec
ordi
ng a
nd a
rchi
ving
of
all
rele
vant
off
icia
l for
ms.
9.4
Sect
ion
Judg
es a
re r
espo
nsib
le f
or t
he p
orti
on o
f th
e co
urse
to
whi
ch
they
are
ass
igne
d.
9.5
The
Star
ter
assu
res
that
the
com
peti
tors
are
in
the
corr
ect
orde
r an
d gi
ves
perm
issi
on t
o st
art.
He
can
refu
se t
o st
art
a co
mpe
tito
r if
the
com
peti
tor:
Fails
to
resp
ect
the
safe
ty r
ules
.Fa
ils t
o pr
esen
t hi
mse
lf a
t th
e st
art
at t
he m
omen
t in
dica
ted
afte
r ha
ving
bee
n ca
lled.
Is n
ot p
rope
rly
dres
sed,
has
no
star
t nu
mbe
r or
doe
s no
t fo
llow
the
St
arte
r's o
rder
s.Th
e st
arte
r ha
s to
int
erru
pt t
he r
un d
ue t
o th
e ex
trem
e w
ater
lev
el c
hang
es o
r ha
rsh
wea
ther
con
diti
ons.
He
mus
t im
med
iate
ly r
epor
t th
e ch
ief
judg
e.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
36
the
Cham
pion
ship
is
to b
e he
ld.
Wit
h th
e pe
rmis
sion
of
the
ICF
the
prog
ram
may
be
exte
nded
or
vari
ed.
37.5
INVI
TATI
ON
S[G
R]
37.5
.1A
Bulle
tin
sett
ing
out
the
deta
ils f
or t
he W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
mus
t be
sen
t ou
t to
all
Fede
rati
ons
8 m
onth
bef
ore
the
star
t da
te o
f th
e Ch
ampi
onsh
ips.
37.5
.2In
vita
tion
s fo
r W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
mus
t be
add
ress
ed b
y th
e or
gani
sing
Fed
erat
ion
to a
ll th
e ot
her
Fede
rati
ons
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
the
com
peti
tion
rul
es o
f th
e IC
F. T
his
mus
t be
don
e at
lea
st 3
mon
ths
befo
re t
he f
irst
day
of
the
com
peti
tion
.
37.6
ENTR
IES
[GR]
37.6
.1En
trie
s fo
r W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
can
only
be
mad
e th
roug
h th
e N
atio
nal
Fede
rati
on i
n ac
cord
ance
wit
h th
e re
gula
tion
s gi
ven
in t
he
invi
tati
on.
Num
eric
al
entr
ies:
at
le
ast
45
days
be
fore
th
e fi
rst
day
ofth
e co
mpe
titi
onN
omin
al e
ntri
es:
at le
ast
14 d
ays
befo
re t
he f
irst
day
of
the
com
peti
tion
37.6
.1.1
The
entr
ies
will
onl
y be
acc
epte
d fr
om m
embe
rs o
f th
e IC
F.
37.6
.2.1
In c
rew
boa
ts t
he n
ames
of
the
com
peti
tors
mus
t be
in
orde
r th
at t
hey
race
in
the
boat
. Th
e fi
rst
nam
e at
the
top
mus
t be
the
co
mpe
tito
r at
the
fro
nt o
f th
e bo
at (
exce
pt f
or D
rago
n Bo
at).
37.6
.3Al
l en
trie
s (n
umer
ical
and
nom
inal
) sh
ould
be
mad
e us
ing
the
ICF
onlin
e sy
stem
follo
win
g th
e re
gula
tion
s gi
ven
in t
he in
vita
tion
.
37.6
.4La
te e
ntri
es o
r en
trie
s th
at a
re n
ot o
n th
e of
fici
al e
ntry
for
m
cann
ot b
e ac
cept
ed.
Late
ent
ries
will
onl
y be
acc
epte
d in
acc
orda
nce
wit
h Ru
le 1
1.2
37.6
.5Su
bmit
ted
lists
mus
t gi
ve t
he n
ame
of t
he h
ead
of d
eleg
atio
n,
team
man
ager
, as
wel
l as
othe
r of
fici
als
of t
he t
eam
.N
ote:
-ea
ch p
arti
cipa
ting
Fed
erat
ion
shou
ld p
rovi
de a
t le
ast
one
curr
ent
IJW
WC,
hol
ding
a v
alid
car
d. T
he n
ame
of t
hese
IJW
WCs
mus
t be
sen
t to
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
35
Day
3: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt h
eats
Day
4: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt f
inal
sD
ay5:
Tea
m W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
rac
e
37.4
.1.2
Sta
rt o
rder
of
the
firs
t ra
ce w
ill b
e th
e re
vers
e or
der
of t
he
curr
ent
ICF
rank
ing.
Ano
mal
ous
case
s st
art
at t
he b
egin
ning
of
the
list.
St
art
orde
r of
the
sec
ond
indi
vidu
al r
ace
will
be
the
reve
rse
orde
r of
the
re
sult
of
the
firs
t in
divi
dual
rac
e.St
art
orde
r fo
r Sp
rint
indi
vidu
al H
eat
2 an
d Fi
nals
see
rul
e 6.
1.2.
1
Star
t or
der
for
the
clas
sic
team
rac
es w
ill b
e re
vers
e or
der
of t
he
com
bina
tion
of
all
thre
e in
divi
dual
tim
es o
f th
e cl
assi
c ra
ce i
n th
e sa
me
cate
gory
. St
art
orde
r fo
r th
e sp
rint
te
am
race
s w
ill
be
reve
rse
orde
r of
th
e co
mbi
nati
on o
f al
l th
ree
indi
vidu
al t
imes
of
the
firs
t he
at o
f th
e sp
rint
ra
ce i
n th
e sa
me
cate
gory
. If
the
rac
e is
org
anis
ed w
ith
two
heat
s (n
o fi
nal)
the
res
ults
will
be
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e be
st t
ime
of t
he t
wo
runs
.
37.4
.1.3
To s
erve
bet
ter
the
spor
ting
nee
ds a
s w
ell
as t
he c
onve
nien
ces
of t
he p
ublic
the
ord
er i
n w
hich
dif
fere
nt c
ateg
orie
s ar
e ru
n is
lef
t to
th
e ch
oice
of
th
e or
gani
ser,
bu
t m
ust
be
agre
ed
by
the
tech
nica
l co
mm
itte
e.
37.4
.2 W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
in W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
are
nor
mal
ly
held
ove
r 3
days
of
race
s.
37.4
.2.1
Day
1: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt h
eats
Day
2: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt f
inal
sD
ay3:
Tea
m W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
rac
e37
.4.2
.2St
art
orde
r: s
ee r
ule
6.1.
2.1
Star
t or
der
for
the
spri
nt t
eam
ra
ces
will
be
reve
rse
orde
r of
the
com
bina
tion
of
all
thre
e in
divi
dual
ti
mes
of
the
firs
t he
at o
f th
e sp
rint
rac
e in
the
sam
e ca
tego
ry.
The
race
is
org
anis
ed w
ith
one
fina
l ru
n.
37.4
.2.3
To s
erve
bet
ter
the
spor
ting
nee
ds a
s w
ell
as t
he c
onve
nien
ces
of t
he p
ublic
the
ord
er i
n w
hich
dif
fere
nt c
ateg
orie
s ar
e ru
n is
lef
t to
th
e ch
oice
of
th
e or
gani
ser,
bu
t m
ust
be
agre
ed
by
the
tech
nica
l co
mm
itte
e.
37.4
.3A
tent
ativ
e pr
ogra
m o
f th
e C
ham
pion
ship
mus
t be
sen
t to
the
W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Co
mm
itte
e, o
ne (
1) y
ear
befo
re t
he d
ate
on w
hich
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
18
9.6
The
Pre
Star
t Co
ntro
ller
conf
irm
s th
at b
oth
the
com
peti
tor's
boa
t an
d pe
rson
al
atti
re
mee
t th
e sa
fety
ru
les
(saf
ety
helm
et,
buoy
ancy
ja
cket
and
boa
t).
See
Rule
18.
He
chec
ks t
he b
oat
carr
ies
mar
ks a
ppro
ved
by t
he B
oat
Cont
rolle
r.H
e pr
ohib
its
the
depa
rtur
e of
com
peti
tors
and
of
boat
s th
at d
ono
t m
eet
safe
ty r
equi
rem
ents
.An
y ti
me
lost
bec
ause
of
the
abov
e go
es a
gain
st t
he c
ompe
tito
r.
9.7
The
Fini
sh J
udge
det
erm
ines
whe
n a
com
peti
tor
has
fini
shed
the
co
urse
and
coo
rdin
ates
wit
h th
e St
arte
r.
9.8
The
Tim
ekee
pers
are
res
pons
ible
for
kee
ping
the
exac
t ti
me.
9.9
The
Boat
Con
trol
ler
assu
res
that
the
dim
ensi
ons
and
the
wei
ghts
of
the
boat
s in
the
com
peti
tion
con
form
to
the
rule
s. H
e m
arks
the
m
acco
rdin
gly.
H
e al
so
ensu
res
that
th
e bo
ats
and
buoy
ancy
ja
cket
s co
nfor
m t
o Ru
le 1
8 an
d m
ay m
ark
them
.H
e m
ay a
dvis
e on
the
con
form
ance
of
boat
s, p
addl
es,
clot
hing
and
ac
cess
orie
s to
Rul
e 7.
2.Th
e bo
at
cont
rolle
r m
ay
refe
r co
ncer
ning
th
e sa
fety
of
eq
uipm
ent
(inc
ludi
ng t
he b
oat)
to
the
chie
f ju
dge.
9.10
The
Safe
ty O
ffic
er,
toge
ther
wit
h th
e re
scue
squ
ad a
nd a
ccor
ding
to
the
cir
cum
stan
ces,
res
cues
com
peti
tors
who
hav
e ca
psiz
ed.
He
mus
t ha
ve a
vaila
ble
the
nece
ssar
y sa
fety
and
fir
st-a
id e
quip
men
t to
us
e in
the
eve
nt o
f a
seri
ous
acci
dent
, an
d he
mus
t re
nder
eff
ecti
ve
assi
stan
ce t
o a
com
peti
tor
in d
iffi
cult
y.A
phys
icia
n m
ust
be c
onti
nuou
sly
avai
labl
e.
9.11
An o
ffic
ial
may
ass
ume
two
or m
ore
func
tion
s. N
o of
fici
al m
ay c
all
to o
r in
any
oth
er w
ay g
ive
tech
nica
l adv
ice
to a
com
peti
tor
whi
le o
n th
e co
urse
.
9.12
Ther
e m
ust
be
cons
tant
ra
dio
com
mun
icat
ion
betw
een
Chie
f O
ffic
ial,
Chi
ef J
udge
, As
sist
ant
Chi
ef J
udge
, Pr
e St
art
Con
trol
ler,
Sta
rt
Judg
e an
d Fi
nish
Jud
ge.
10IN
VITA
TIO
NS
[GR]
10.1
Invi
tati
ons
to a
n In
tern
atio
nal
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
m
ust
be s
ent
3 m
onth
s be
fore
the
com
peti
tion
and
mus
t co
ntai
n th
e fo
llow
ing
info
rmat
ion:
The
date
, pl
ace
and
type
of
com
peti
tion
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
19
A de
scri
ptio
n of
the
cou
rse
Trai
ning
dat
es w
hen
resc
ue t
eam
s ar
e pr
esen
t.Th
e ap
prox
imat
e ho
ur a
nd o
rder
of
the
star
ts o
f th
e ru
nsTh
e ca
tego
ries
Det
ails
of
the
natu
re o
f th
e co
urse
and
cha
ract
er o
f th
e w
ater
(d
iffi
cult
y ra
ting
)Sa
fety
mea
sure
sTh
e ad
dres
s to
whi
ch e
ntri
es s
houl
d be
sen
tAm
ount
of
entr
y fe
e, if
any
The
fina
l dat
e fo
r en
trie
sLi
st o
f ch
alle
nges
, pr
izes
and
con
diti
ons
unde
r w
hich
the
y ar
e aw
arde
d
11EN
TRIE
S[G
R]
11.1
Entr
ies
toan
in
tern
atio
nal
com
peti
tion
m
ust
be
mad
e by
a
Fede
rati
on a
ccor
ding
to
the
inst
ruct
ions
giv
en in
the
invi
tati
on.
An e
ntry
mus
t co
ntai
n:N
ame
of t
he F
eder
atio
n or
Clu
b to
whi
ch t
he c
ompe
tito
rs b
elon
gFi
rst
and
last
nam
e, t
he f
aste
st c
ompe
tito
r in
fir
st p
lace
The
cate
gori
es in
whi
ch t
he c
ompe
tito
rs o
r te
ams
wis
h to
tak
e pa
rtTh
e fi
rst
and
last
na
me
of
team
m
anag
er,
IJW
WC
and
othe
r pe
rson
nel
11.1
.1En
trie
s m
ay b
e m
ade
by e
mai
l or
fax
if
they
hav
e be
en s
ent
by
mid
nigh
t of
th
e de
adlin
e da
te.
Thes
e en
trie
s m
ust
be
conf
irm
ed
imm
edia
tely
in w
riti
ng.
11.2
The
dead
line
for
nom
inat
ive
entr
ies
shal
l be
14
days
pri
or t
o th
e fi
rst
day
of
the
com
peti
tion
. In
ex
trao
rdin
ary
circ
umst
ance
s,
an
appl
icat
ion
can
be m
ade
to t
he W
WC
Tech
nica
l Co
mm
itte
e Ch
air
for
the
acce
ptan
ce
of
late
no
min
al
/num
eric
al
entr
ies
from
N
atio
nal
Fede
rati
ons. 12
ACC
EPTA
NCE
OF
ENTR
IES
[TR]
12.1
The
orga
nisi
ng F
eder
atio
n m
ust
ackn
owle
dge
rece
ipt
of t
he e
ntri
es
wit
hin
2 da
ys.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
34
37.3
CATE
GO
RIES
/ K1
M,
K1W
, C1
M,
C1W
,C2W
AN
D
C2M
[GR]
37.3
.1In
divi
dual
Cla
ssic
Eve
nts
and
Indi
vidu
al S
prin
t Ev
ents
:
WO
MEN
K1K1
WO
MEN
K1W
C1C1
WO
MEN
C1W
C2C2
WO
MEN
C2W
MEN
K1K1
MEN
K1W
C1C1
MEN
C1M
C2C2
MEN
C2M
37.3
.2A
com
peti
tor
may
ent
er t
wo
diff
eren
t in
divi
dual
eve
nts
in
clas
sic
race
s.
37.3
.3A
com
peti
tor
may
ent
er t
wo
diff
eren
t in
divi
dual
eve
nts
in
Spri
nt r
aces
.
37.3
.4Te
am C
lass
ic a
nd T
eam
Spr
ints
Eve
nts
WO
MEN
K1K1
WO
MEN
3 X
K1W
C1C1
WO
MEN
3 X
C1W
C2C2
WO
MEN
3 X
C2W
MEN
K1K1
MEN
3 X
K1M
C1C1
MEN
3 X
C1M
C2C2
MEN
3 X
C2M
37.3
.5Te
ams
may
onl
y be
com
pose
d of
com
peti
tors
who
are
ac
cred
ited
in in
divi
dual
eve
nts.
37.3
.6A
com
peti
tor
may
ent
er t
wo
diff
eren
t te
am e
vent
s in
Cla
ssic
ra
ces
and
two
diff
eren
t te
am e
vent
s in
spr
int
race
s.
37.4
COM
PETI
TIO
N S
CHED
ULE
[TR]
37.4
.1W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
in W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g (C
lass
ic a
nd S
prin
t)ar
e no
rmal
ly h
eld
over
5 d
ays
of r
aces
.
37.4
.1.1
Day
1: In
divi
dual
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
race
Day
2: T
eam
s W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Cl
assi
c ra
ce
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
33
CHA
PTER
IV -
SPEC
IAL
RULE
S FO
R SE
NIO
R W
ORL
DCH
AM
PIO
NSH
IPS
37SP
ECIA
L RU
LES
RELA
TIVE
TO
TH
EW
ORL
D C
HA
MPI
ON
SHIP
S[G
R] [
TR]
37.1
ORG
AN
ISA
TIO
N[G
R]
37.1
.1W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
are
only
org
anis
ed u
pon
the
auth
orit
yof
th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of
Dir
ecto
rs
and
only
in
th
e ca
tego
ries
gi
ven
in
the
com
peti
tion
rul
es.
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
shal
l be
ope
n to
com
peti
tors
fro
m a
ll co
ntin
ents
but
onl
y of
Nat
iona
l Fe
dera
tion
s, w
hich
are
mem
bers
of
the
ICF.
37.1
.2W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
in W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g (S
prin
t) a
re h
eld
ever
y ye
ar.
The
plac
e an
d da
te i
s de
term
ined
by
the
ICF
Boar
d of
D
irec
tors
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith
ICF
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es.
37.1
.3W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
in W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g (C
lass
ic)
are
held
ev
ery
two
(eve
nnu
mbe
r) y
ears
.Th
ey a
re h
eld
in c
onju
ncti
on w
ith
the
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s in
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
(Spr
int)
. Th
e pl
ace
and
date
is
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of D
irec
tors
in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith
ICF
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es.
37.1
.4A
valid
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s is
hel
d on
ly i
f si
x (6
) Fe
dera
tion
sfr
om a
t le
ast
thre
e (3
) Co
ntin
ents
sta
rt o
vera
ll in
the
com
peti
tion
. At
th
e W
orld
Cha
mpi
onsh
ips
an i
ndiv
idua
l or
tea
m e
vent
can
not
take
pla
ce
unle
ss c
ompe
tito
rs f
rom
at
leas
t si
x (6
) Fe
dera
tion
s st
art
in t
he e
vent
s.
If d
urin
g th
e co
urse
of
the
even
t so
me
Fede
rati
ons
drop
out
or
do n
ot
fini
sh,
the
valid
ity
of t
he C
ham
pion
ship
s is
not
aff
ecte
d.
37.2
PART
ICIP
ATI
ON
[TR]
37.2
.1At
the
Wor
ld C
ham
pion
ship
s,a
fede
rati
on i
s en
titl
ed t
o en
ter
up
tofo
ur (
4) b
oats
in
each
cat
egor
y.Th
ese
4 bo
ats
are
able
to
part
icip
ate
in s
prin
t an
d cl
assi
c ev
ents
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
20
13TH
E ST
ART
ORD
ER[T
R]
13.1
In t
he i
ndiv
idua
l ev
ents
sta
rts
will
be
inre
vers
e or
der
of c
urre
nt
ICF
Rank
ing.
Whe
re a
com
peti
tor
is n
ot i
n th
e cu
rren
t ra
nkin
g, t
hen
he w
ill s
tart
at
the
begi
nnin
g of
the
cat
egor
y.In
Jun
ior
and
Und
er 2
3 ca
tego
ries
, th
e st
art
orde
r is
bas
ed o
n th
e re
vers
e or
der
by F
eder
atio
n at
the
pre
viou
s Ju
nior
and
Und
er 2
3 W
orld
Ch
ampi
onsh
ips.
13.2
In t
he t
eam
eve
nts
the
star
ting
ord
er i
s ta
ken
from
the
ave
rage
re
sult
s of
th
e be
st
thre
e co
mpe
tito
rs
of
each
Fe
dera
tion
in
ea
ch
cate
gory
, fr
om t
he C
lass
ic R
ace
and
from
the
spr
int
race
s re
spec
tive
ly.
The
star
ting
ord
er i
s th
e re
vers
e or
der
of t
hese
ave
rage
res
ults
. In
an
omal
ous
case
s th
e te
am/s
will
sta
rt a
t th
e to
p of
the
list
.
14CO
MPE
TITI
ON
PRO
GRA
MM
E[T
R]
14.1
At l
east
24
hour
s be
fore
the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e co
mpe
titi
on,
a fi
nal
prog
ram
me
mus
t be
ava
ilabl
e to
eac
h pa
rtic
ipat
ing
Fede
rati
on,
givi
ng
the
nam
e of
the
par
tici
pant
s w
ith
thei
r Fe
dera
tion
or
Club
, as
wel
l as
th
e re
sult
of
the
draw
.
14.1
.1In
org
anis
ing
the
prog
ram
me,
the
fol
low
ing
prin
cipl
es s
houl
d be
fo
llow
ed:
The
indi
vidu
al c
ateg
orie
s ar
e ru
n be
fore
the
tea
m c
ateg
orie
s.Th
e ru
ns o
f an
ind
ivid
ual
cate
gory
mus
t be
com
plet
ed d
urin
g a
sing
le
day.
The
orde
r of
the
rac
es a
nnou
nced
in
the
invi
tati
on,
and
the
inte
rval
s be
twee
n ra
ces
anno
unce
d in
the
pro
gram
me
of c
ompe
titi
on a
re b
indi
ng
on t
he o
rgan
iser
s.M
odif
icat
ions
m
ay
not
be
mad
e un
less
th
e m
ajor
ity
of
the
team
m
anag
ers
give
the
ir a
ppro
val.
Spri
nt R
aces
may
be
held
on
one
or t
wo
days
. Fo
r th
ose
held
ove
r tw
o da
ys,
it i
s pr
efer
able
tha
t tw
o ca
tego
ries
run
the
ir t
wo
legs
of
the
race
th
e fi
rst
day,
and
the
tw
o ot
her
cate
gori
es t
he n
ext
day.
14.2
If a
WW
C ev
ent
is n
ot c
ompl
eted
due
to
canc
ella
tion
, th
e Ju
ry a
nd
Chie
f Ju
dge
can
in t
hese
exc
epti
onal
cir
cum
stan
ces
esta
blis
h th
e fi
nal
resu
lts
of t
he c
ompe
titi
on b
ased
on
the
last
com
plet
ed p
hase
of
the
even
t.
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14.3
Team
rac
es in
ICF
and
Inte
rnat
iona
l Co
mpe
titi
ons
cons
ist
of t
wo
(2)
runs
, an
d m
ay b
e re
duce
d to
a s
ingl
e ru
n.
15A
LTER
ATI
ON
AN
D W
ITH
DRA
WAL
OF
ENTR
IES
[TR]
15.1
Anno
unce
men
t of
cha
nges
or
wit
hdra
wal
s m
ust
be m
ade
duri
ng t
he
team
man
ager
s' m
eeti
ng,
or i
nw
riti
ng a
t le
ast
1 ho
ur b
efor
e th
e fi
rst
race
of
the
prog
ram
me
on t
he d
ay o
f co
mpe
titi
on.
15.1
.1W
ithd
raw
al
of
an
entr
y is
fi
nal
and
re-e
ntry
of
th
e sa
me
com
peti
tor
or t
eam
is n
ot p
ossi
ble.
15.2
Any
chan
ge o
f en
try
mus
t be
com
mun
icat
ed t
o th
e St
arte
r in
w
riti
ng.
16ST
ART
NU
MBE
RS[T
R]
16.1
Star
t nu
mbe
rs m
ust
be s
uppl
ied
by t
he o
rgan
iser
s.
16.1
.1Th
e nu
mbe
r fi
gure
s m
ust
be a
t le
ast
15 c
m in
hei
ght
and
1.5
cm
in t
hick
ness
.
16.2
They
sho
uld
be f
ixed
vis
ibly
to
the
body
of
the
com
peti
tors
.In
C2
the
bow
man
wea
rs t
he n
umbe
r.
16.3
Each
com
peti
tor
is r
espo
nsib
le f
or h
is s
tart
num
ber.
17IN
STRU
CTIO
NS
TO T
EAM
MAN
AG
ERS
[TR]
17.1
Each
tea
m m
anag
er m
ust
rece
ive,
at
leas
t 5
hour
s be
fore
the
be
ginn
ing
of
the
com
peti
tion
, w
ritt
en
dire
ctio
ns
conc
erni
ng
the
follo
win
g po
ints
:A
list
of t
he s
tart
ord
ers
Det
aile
d ti
met
able
Tim
e th
at t
he c
ours
e op
ens
Star
ting
tim
ePo
siti
on o
f th
e st
arti
ng li
nePo
siti
on o
f th
e fi
nish
line
ICF
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er C
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ing
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tion
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es 2
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35.3
A co
mpe
tito
r w
ho
is
not
read
y to
st
art
as
sche
dule
d ca
n be
di
squa
lifie
d fo
r th
e ru
n if
the
re is
neg
ligen
ce o
n hi
s pa
rt.
(DSQ
-R)
35.4
Cros
sing
the
fin
ish
line
upsi
de d
own
disq
ualif
ies
the
run.
The
boa
t is
con
side
red
upsi
de d
own
whe
n th
e bo
dy o
f th
e co
mpe
tito
r is
ent
irel
y un
der
wat
er.
(DSQ
-R)
35.5
If t
he t
eam
will
not
pas
s th
e st
art
wit
hin
10 s
econ
ds,
they
will
be
disq
ualif
ied
for
the
run.
In
the
team
eve
nt,
failu
re o
f al
l th
ree
boat
s to
cr
oss
the
fini
sh l
ine
wit
hin
10 s
econ
d re
sult
s in
dis
qual
ific
atio
n fo
r th
e ru
n (D
SQ-R
). 36D
ISQ
UAL
IFIC
ATIO
N F
OR
THE
WH
OLE
CO
MPE
TITI
ON
[GR]
36.1
A co
mpe
tito
r w
ho a
ttem
pts
to w
in a
com
peti
tion
by
irre
gula
r m
eans
, w
ho
brea
ks
the
rule
s,
or
who
co
ntes
ts
thei
r va
lidit
y,
is
disq
ualif
ied
for
the
com
peti
tion
.
36.1
.1If
a c
ompe
tito
r is
for
ced
to b
reak
the
rul
es b
y th
e ac
tion
of
anot
her
pers
on,
the
Jury
dec
ides
if
he w
ill b
e di
squa
lifie
d or
not
for
the
co
mpe
titi
on.
36.2
Any
com
peti
tor
orof
fici
al w
hose
beh
avio
ur i
s de
trim
enta
l to
the
go
od o
rder
and
con
duct
of
the
com
peti
tion
may
be
disc
iplin
ed b
y th
e Ch
ief
Judg
e.N
otic
e of
thi
s m
ust
be r
efer
red
to t
he J
ury,
who
may
aft
er r
epea
ted
acti
on b
y th
e of
fend
er,
disq
ualif
y hi
m f
or t
hat
com
peti
tion
.
36.3
For
disq
ualif
icat
ion
afte
r co
mpe
titi
on
caus
ed
by
dopi
ng
or
inel
igib
ility
the
fol
low
ing
mus
t be
com
plet
ed:
-er
ase
all a
chie
ved
resu
lts
and
rank
ings
of
boat
(s)(
DQ
B);
-re
-cal
cula
te r
esul
ts a
ccor
ding
ly;
and
-pr
oduc
e th
e re
vise
d ve
rsio
n of
al
l af
fect
ed
outp
uts
(res
ults
, su
mm
arie
s, m
edal
s).
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wat
er C
anoe
ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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34A
PPEA
L TO
TH
E IC
F BO
ARD
OF
DIR
ECTO
RS[G
R]
34.1
A pa
rtic
ipat
ing
Fede
rati
on c
an a
ppea
l to
the
ICF
Boa
rd o
f D
irec
tors
if
, af
ter
the
end
of t
he c
ompe
titi
on,
new
fac
ts b
ecom
e kn
own
that
w
ould
hav
e pr
ohib
ited
the
par
tici
pati
on o
f a
com
peti
tor.
34.2
A co
mpe
tito
r ha
s th
e ri
ght
to s
ubm
it t
hrou
gh h
is F
eder
atio
n an
ap
peal
to
th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of
Dir
ecto
rs
agai
nst
a de
cisi
on
of
the
Com
peti
tion
Com
mit
tee
at t
he c
ompe
titi
on.
34.2
.1Th
e IC
F Bo
ard
of D
irec
tors
det
erm
ines
pri
orit
y to
giv
e to
thi
s pr
opos
al.
34.3
An a
ppea
l to
the
ICF
Boar
d of
Dir
ecto
rs m
ust
be:
-Se
ttle
d w
ithi
n 30
da
ys
follo
win
g th
e en
d of
th
e co
mpe
titi
on
in
ques
tion
.-
Acco
mpa
nied
by
the
sam
e de
posi
t de
fine
d in
Rul
e 33
.1.1
.
34.4
The
ICF
Boar
d of
Dir
ecto
rs m
akes
its
dec
isio
n an
d ad
dres
ses
it i
n w
riti
ng t
o th
e co
mpl
aina
nt p
arty
.
35D
ISQ
UAL
IFIC
ATIO
N F
OR
THE
RUN
[TR]
35.1
If a
com
peti
tor
star
ts i
n a
boat
, w
hich
doe
s no
t co
nfor
m t
o th
e ru
les,
he
is d
isqu
alif
ied
for
that
run
(D
SQ-R
).
35.2
A co
mpe
tito
r w
ho a
ccep
ts o
utsi
de a
ssis
tanc
e ca
n be
dis
qual
ifie
d fo
r th
at r
un b
y th
e Ch
ief
Judg
e af
ter
the
latt
er h
as b
een
info
rmed
by
the
offi
cial
jud
ging
the
sit
uati
on.
(DSQ
-R)
35.2
.1In
the
spi
rit
of t
his
arti
cle,
the
fol
low
ing
is c
onsi
dere
d as
"ou
tsid
e as
sist
ance
":-
All a
id g
iven
to
a co
mpe
tito
r or
to
his
boat
-G
ivin
g, p
assi
ng,
or t
hrow
ing
to a
com
peti
tor
a sp
are
padd
le o
r hi
s or
igin
al lo
st p
addl
e-
Dir
ecti
ng,
push
ing,
or
plac
ing
in m
ovem
ent
a bo
at b
y an
yone
oth
er
than
the
com
peti
tor
him
self
-G
ivin
g di
rect
ions
to
co
mpe
tito
rs
by
mea
ns
of
elec
tro
acou
stic
ap
para
tus
or
radi
otel
epho
ne
(e.g
. ra
diot
elep
hone
be
twee
n th
e co
mpe
tito
r an
d an
y ot
her
pers
on)
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er C
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ing
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peti
tion
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The
inte
rval
bet
wee
n st
arts
The
sign
al u
sed
by t
he S
tart
er t
o gi
ve t
he s
tart
, an
d th
at e
mpl
oyed
by
the
Judg
es t
o cl
ear
the
cour
se (
whi
stle
)Pl
ace
whe
re t
he c
ompe
titi
on o
ffic
e an
d th
e Ju
ry (
only
at
Wor
ld
Cham
pion
ship
s) m
ay b
e fo
und
The
tim
e an
d pl
ace
for
the
insp
ecti
on o
f bo
ats
Man
ner
in w
hich
the
boa
ts a
re t
o be
tra
nspo
rted
fro
m t
he f
inis
h ba
ck t
o th
e st
art,
if a
ppro
pria
teRe
gula
tion
s co
ncer
ning
tra
inin
gPl
ace
for
Anti
-Dop
ing
Cont
rol (
whe
n re
quir
ed)
17.2
A m
eeti
ng
of
the
team
m
anag
ers
from
ea
ch
part
icip
atin
g Fe
dera
tion
mus
t be
hel
d at
lea
st o
ne (
1) h
our
befo
re t
he s
tart
of
the
offi
cial
tra
inin
g. T
he f
ollo
win
g po
ints
sho
uld
be d
iscu
ssed
:Ad
diti
onal
inst
ruct
ions
to
com
peti
tors
Appr
oval
of
the
cour
seCh
ange
s an
d/or
wit
hdra
wal
of
entr
ies
18SA
FETY
MEA
SURE
S[T
R]
18.1
AlI
boat
s m
ust
be m
ade
unsi
nkab
le (
stab
ility
wal
ls c
an b
e ad
ded
to
com
plem
ent
the
flot
atio
n de
vice
s) a
nd b
e eq
uipp
ed a
t ea
ch e
nd w
ith
a ha
ndle
att
ache
d no
mor
e th
an 3
0 cm
fro
m t
he b
ow a
nd f
rom
the
ste
rn.
18.1
.1Th
e fo
llow
ing
are
cons
ider
ed a
s ha
ndle
s: l
oops
of
rope
, w
ith
hand
les,
or
a ha
ndle
tha
t is
an
inte
gral
par
t of
the
boa
t co
nstr
ucti
on
18.1
.2Th
e ha
ndle
s m
ust
at a
ll ti
mes
per
mit
eas
y in
sert
ion
of a
tem
plat
e w
hich
mea
sure
s 10
cm x
10
cm x
1.5
cm.
18.1
.3Th
e m
ater
ial
used
mus
t be
at
leas
t 6
mm
in
diam
eter
, or
a
min
imum
cro
ss-s
ecti
on o
f2
x 10
mm
.18
.1.4
Tapi
ng o
f th
e ha
ndle
s is
not
per
mit
ted.
18.1
.5Al
l bo
ats
mus
t be
fit
ted
wit
h ai
r ba
gs i
n bo
th t
he f
ront
of
the
boat
(in
fro
nt o
f th
e fo
ot-r
est)
and
the
bac
k of
the
boa
t (b
ehin
d th
e se
at).
The
min
imum
tot
al v
olum
es c
apab
le o
f be
ing
cont
aine
d in
the
air
ba
gs a
re t
o be
as
follo
ws:
Fron
t Ba
ck
ICF
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er C
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ing
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peti
tion
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es 2
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K1 3
0 lit
res
50 li
tres
C1 4
0 lit
res
50 li
tres
C2 6
0 lit
res
60 li
tres
The
volu
mes
will
be
take
n fr
om t
he m
anuf
actu
res
stam
p on
the
air
bag
s.
In c
ase
of d
ispu
te,
the
firs
t de
cisi
on s
hall
be t
aken
by
the
Boat
Con
trol
Ju
dge
and
the
seco
nd d
ecis
ion
if a
ppea
led
by t
he J
ury.
18.2
Each
com
peti
tor
mus
t w
ear
shoe
s, a
saf
ety
helm
et w
ith
a st
rap
fast
ened
und
er t
he c
hin
and
a bu
oyan
cy j
acke
t. B
oth
mus
t be
in
good
w
orki
ng c
ondi
tion
. Th
e st
ruct
ure,
sha
pe o
r co
mpo
siti
on o
f th
e bu
oyan
cy
jack
et/h
elm
et m
ust
not
be m
odif
ied
in a
ny w
ay.T
he p
rodu
cts
mus
t be
fr
om r
ecog
nise
d an
d es
tabl
ishe
d m
anuf
actu
rers
gua
rant
eein
g th
e qu
alit
y of
mat
eria
l and
mee
ting
indu
stry
sta
ndar
ds.
18.2
.1A
buoy
ancy
ja
cket
m
ust
com
ply
wit
h th
e cu
rren
t in
dust
ry
stan
dard
tha
t is
, EN
ISO
124
02-5
( L
evel
50
) or
any
nat
iona
l st
anda
rd
that
m
eets
th
e sa
me
requ
irem
ents
. At
a
com
peti
tion
th
e bu
oyan
cy
jack
et’s
upl
ift
will
be
test
ed u
sing
a 6
.12
Kg c
alib
rate
d st
ainl
ess
stee
l w
eigh
t or
it
s eq
uiva
lent
in
ot
her
met
als.
Th
e bu
oyan
cy
jack
et
man
ufac
ture
r m
arki
ngs
and
iden
tifi
cati
on m
ust
com
ply
wit
h th
e EN
ISO
(o
r eq
uiva
lent
na
tion
al
stan
dard
) st
anda
rd
to
allo
w
the
cont
rol
of
equi
pmen
t by
ICF
off
icia
ls.T
his
appl
ies
to a
ll si
zes
of b
uoya
ncy
jack
et
rega
rdle
ss o
f bo
dy w
eigh
t.Te
stin
g pr
oces
s at
ICF
Race
s:1.
The
buo
yanc
y ja
cket
mus
t no
t be
mod
ifie
d in
any
way
.2.
Th
e bu
oyan
cy
jack
et
mus
t be
EN
IS
O
1240
2-5
( Le
vel
50
) (o
r eq
uiva
lent
na
tion
al
stan
dard
) ap
prov
ed
and
carr
y th
e ap
prop
riat
e la
belin
g.3.
The
buo
yanc
y ja
cket
mus
t fl
oat
the
6.12
kg c
alib
rate
d st
ainl
ess
stee
l w
eigh
t.
18.2
.2Th
e sa
fety
hel
met
mus
t co
mpl
y w
ith
EN 1
385.
Eac
h he
lmet
sha
ll be
mar
ked
in s
uch
a w
ay t
hat
the
follo
win
g in
form
atio
n is
eas
ily l
egib
le
for
the
user
, an
d is
lik
ely
to r
emai
n le
gibl
e th
roug
hout
the
lif
e of
the
he
lmet
to
allo
w t
he c
heck
ing
of t
he e
quip
men
tby
ICF
Off
icia
ls.H
elm
et
Test
ing
proc
ess
at IC
F Ra
ces:
1. T
he h
elm
et m
ust
not
be m
odif
ied
in a
ny w
ay.
2. T
he n
umbe
r of
the
Eur
opea
n St
anda
rd;
3. T
he n
ame
or id
enti
fica
tion
mar
k of
the
man
ufac
ture
r;4.
The
dat
e of
man
ufac
ture
; Th
e de
sign
atio
n ”H
elm
et f
or c
anoe
ing
and
wild
wat
er s
port
s”.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
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33A
PPEA
L TO
TH
E JU
RY[G
R]
33.1
An a
ppea
l to
the
Jur
y m
ust
be m
ade
in w
riti
ng b
y th
e Te
am
Man
ager
.
33.1
.1An
app
eal
to t
he J
ury
mus
t be
acc
ompa
nied
by
a de
posi
t of
75
Euro
s, o
r th
e eq
uiva
lent
in
the
curr
ency
of
the
coun
try
orga
nisi
ng t
he
com
peti
tion
. Th
e de
posi
t is
ret
urne
d if
the
app
eal t
o th
e Ju
ry is
par
tial
ly
or t
otal
ly u
phel
d. I
f th
e ap
peal
to
the
Jury
is
not
uphe
ld,
the
depo
sit
is
turn
ed o
ver
to t
he O
rgan
isin
g C
omm
itte
e of
the
Com
peti
tion
.
33.2
An a
ppea
l to
the
Jur
y ag
ains
t a
deci
sion
of
the
Chie
f Ju
dge
can
be
mad
e w
hen
it a
ppea
rs t
hat
ther
e is
a c
ontr
adic
tion
wit
h th
e ru
les
of
com
peti
tion
.
33.2
.1It
ems
of f
act
cann
ot b
e co
ntes
ted
by a
n ap
peal
to
the
Jury
.
33.2
.2An
app
eal
to t
he J
ury
agai
nst
a de
cisi
on m
ade
by t
he C
hief
Jud
gedu
ring
the
run
ning
of
the
com
peti
tion
can
be
subm
itte
d at
the
lat
est,
20
min
utes
aft
er t
he la
tter
has
ann
ounc
ed h
is v
erdi
ct.
33.3
An a
ppea
l ca
n be
mad
e to
the
Jur
y pr
otes
ting
the
rig
ht o
f a
com
peti
tor
to p
arti
cipa
te i
n a
com
peti
tion
if
this
pro
test
has
bee
n gi
ven
to t
he C
ompe
titi
on O
rgan
iser
at
leas
t an
hou
r be
fore
the
beg
inni
ng o
f th
e co
mpe
titi
on,
but
no d
ecis
ion
has
been
mad
e on
the
sub
ject
.33
.4An
ap
peal
to
th
e Ju
ry
agai
nst
a de
cisi
on
on
the
righ
t of
a
com
peti
tor
to
part
icip
ate
in
a co
mpe
titi
on
can
bem
ade
unti
l th
e be
ginn
ing
of t
he c
ompe
titi
on.
33.5
The
Chai
r of
the
Jur
y m
ust
imm
edia
tely
rec
onve
ne t
he C
ompe
titi
on
Com
mit
tee
if a
legi
tim
ate
appe
al n
eeds
to
be d
ealt
wit
h.
33.5
.1Th
e Ju
ry m
ust
mak
e it
s ow
n de
cisi
on k
now
n w
ithi
n 60
min
utes
af
ter
the
com
men
cem
ent
of t
he m
eeti
ng.
33.5
.2Th
e de
cisi
on o
f th
e Ju
ry i
s in
dica
ted
wit
h ju
stif
ying
arg
umen
ts i
n w
riti
ng t
o th
e co
mpl
aina
nt.
33.6
The
Jury
sho
uld
cons
ult
the
Chie
f Ju
dge,
the
Jud
ges
and
othe
r of
fici
als
in o
rder
to
obta
in t
he n
eces
sary
inf
orm
atio
n to
com
e to
a
deci
sion
.
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Shou
ld t
wo
or m
ore
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
rece
ive
the
sam
e IR
M,
they
will
be
sort
ed b
y IC
F W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
gRa
nkin
g w
ithi
n th
e sa
me
IRM
gro
up.
30.2
.1 A
fter
the
Hea
ts,
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
wit
h tw
o di
ffer
ent
IRM
’s w
ill b
e ra
nked
/sor
ted
acco
rdin
g to
the
ir b
est
run
IRM
(ex
cept
in t
he c
ase
of
DQ
B)
31D
EAD
HEA
T[T
R]
31.1
In t
he C
lass
ic e
vent
tha
t tw
o or
mor
e co
mpe
tito
rs o
r te
ams
obta
in
the
sam
e re
sult
, a
tie
is d
ecla
red.
31.2
In
the
spri
nt e
vent
wit
h tw
o ru
ns t
hat
two
or m
ore
com
peti
tors
or
team
s ob
tain
the
sam
e re
sult
, a
tie
is d
ecla
red.
In
the
indi
vidu
al s
prin
t ev
ent
wit
h he
ats
and
a fi
nal s
ee R
ule
37.2
.1.
32PR
OTE
ST[G
R]
32.1
A pr
otes
tis
con
side
red
only
whe
n:-
The
Team
Man
ager
sub
mit
s it
in w
riti
ng-
It i
s su
bmit
ted
no m
ore
than
20
min
utes
aft
er t
he o
ffic
ial
post
ing
of
the
resu
lts
for
the
last
com
peti
tor
in t
he c
ateg
ory.
-It
is
subm
itte
d pe
rson
ally
to
the
Chie
f Ju
dge
and
is a
ccom
pani
ed b
y a
depo
sit
of 7
5Eu
ros,
or
the
equi
vale
nt i
n th
e cu
rren
cy o
f th
e co
untr
y or
gani
sing
the
com
peti
tion
. Th
e de
posi
t is
ret
urne
d if
the
pro
test
is
uphe
ld.
If t
he p
rote
st i
s no
t up
held
, th
e de
posi
t is
tur
ned
over
to
the
Org
anis
ing
Com
mit
tee
of t
he c
ompe
titi
on.
32.2
A pr
otes
t ca
n be
lodg
ed a
gain
st a
dec
isio
n of
a j
udge
:-
For
a de
cisi
on t
hat
is p
roba
bly
or m
anif
estl
y er
rone
ous.
-Fo
r ob
viou
s ir
regu
lari
ty in
the
con
duct
of
the
com
peti
tion
32.3
The
Chie
f Ju
dge
eval
uate
s th
e le
giti
mac
y of
a p
rote
st.
He
liste
ns t
o th
e te
stim
onie
s of
the
Jud
ges
and
info
rms
him
self
of
any
othe
r m
atte
rs
in d
ispu
te.
The
Chi
ef J
udge
tra
nsm
its
his
deci
sion
in w
riti
ng.
32.4
At t
he d
iscr
etio
n of
the
Chi
ef J
udge
, in
quir
ies
into
mat
ters
of
fact
or
tec
hnic
al e
rror
s m
ay b
e de
alt
wit
h as
sim
ple
inqu
irie
s (w
ith
no f
ee).
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18.2
.3 A
ll pa
ddle
rs m
ust
wea
r th
e sh
oes
on t
heir
fee
t. T
he s
hoes
mus
t ha
ve a
thi
cker
sol
e to
pro
tect
the
fee
t. T
he s
hoes
mus
t fi
t in
suc
h a
way
th
at t
hey
will
not
com
e of
f in
a c
apsi
ze o
r be
rel
ease
d fr
om a
boa
t.
18.3
It
is r
ecom
men
ded
that
org
anis
ers
spot
-che
cks
at b
oth
star
t an
d fi
nish
to
ensu
re c
onfo
rman
ce w
ith
rule
s 7,
18.
1 an
d 18
.2.
18.3
.1In
dou
btfu
l ca
ses,
buo
yanc
y of
the
boa
t is
che
cked
. Th
e bo
at
mus
t fl
oat
leve
l at
the
surf
ace
whe
n fi
lled
wit
h w
ater
.
18.4
Com
peti
tors
mus
t be
abl
e to
fre
e th
emse
lves
im
med
iate
ly f
rom
th
eir
boat
at
all t
imes
.
18.5
In t
he e
vent
of
non-
obse
rvan
ce o
f th
e sa
fety
rul
es,
the
Star
ter,
the
Pr
e St
art
Cont
rolle
r, t
he B
oat
Con
trol
ler
and
the
Chie
f Ju
dge
each
, ac
cord
ing
to
thei
r as
sign
ed
duti
es,
are
resp
onsi
ble
to
proh
ibit
a
com
peti
tor
from
sta
rtin
g.18
.6In
any
eve
nt,
com
peti
tors
sta
rt a
t th
eir
own
risk
, ne
ithe
r th
e IC
F no
r th
e or
gani
sers
be
ar
resp
onsi
bilit
y fo
r ac
cide
nts
or
dam
age
to
equi
pmen
t th
at m
ay o
ccur
on
the
com
peti
tion
cou
rse.
19CO
URS
E[T
R]
19.1
The
cour
se m
ust
be f
rom
a p
oint
ups
trea
m t
o on
e do
wns
trea
m.
The
cour
se m
ust
be n
avig
able
for
its
ent
ire
leng
th,
alw
ays
allo
win
g ea
sy
pass
age
for
the
boat
. Tw
o co
urse
typ
es a
re p
ossi
ble:
1. W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
Rac
e2.
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
Race
19.1
.1Th
e Sp
rint
Cou
rse
can
vary
fro
m 2
00m
to
600m
.
19.1
.2Th
e W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Cl
assi
c co
urse
is
less
tha
n 30
min
utes
. Th
e st
arts
are
indi
vidu
al t
ype,
and
/or
Team
.
19.2
At
the
Team
M
anag
ers
mee
ting
be
fore
th
e be
ginn
ing
of
the
com
peti
tion
, th
e co
urse
mus
t be
app
rove
d by
a s
impl
e m
ajor
ity
of t
hose
pr
esen
t. If
the
cou
rse
is n
ot a
ppro
ved,
the
com
peti
tion
may
be
mov
ed t
o an
alt
erna
te c
ours
e.
19.2
.1K1
W,
C1W
, C2
W a
nd J
unio
rs m
ay h
ave
a sh
orte
ned
cour
se i
f a
maj
orit
y of
Tea
m M
anag
ers
so d
eman
d.
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19.3
Dan
gero
us p
assa
ges
may
be
mar
ked
wit
h ga
tes
to i
ndic
ate
the
corr
ect
chan
nel.
19.4
Port
ages
are
not
allo
wed
.
20TR
AIN
ING
[TR]
20.1
Trai
ning
ru
ns
mus
t be
pr
ovid
ed
at
leas
t on
e da
y be
fore
th
e co
mpe
titi
on a
nd u
nder
the
sam
e te
chni
cal
cond
itio
ns t
hat
will
pre
vail
duri
ng t
he c
ompe
titi
on.
The
wat
er
leve
l du
ring
th
e of
fici
al
trai
ning
m
ust,
ex
cept
fo
r ci
rcum
stan
ces
beyo
nd c
ontr
ol,
be t
he s
ame
as d
urin
g th
e co
mpe
titi
on.
The
runn
ing
tim
e m
ay b
e re
cord
ed a
nd p
oste
d du
ring
tra
inin
g ru
ns.
20.2
Onc
e th
e bi
bsar
e di
stri
bute
d to
eac
h Fe
dera
tion
, it
is
man
dato
ry
that
all
athl
etes
wea
r th
em w
hen
trai
ning
or
raci
ng.
21ST
ART
[TR]
21.1
Star
ts m
ay b
e di
rect
ly u
pstr
eam
or
dow
nstr
eam
.A
com
peti
tor
is o
n th
e co
urse
aft
er h
e le
aves
the
sta
rtin
g po
siti
on.
21.2
Each
boa
t m
ust
be h
eld
at t
he s
tart
ing
posi
tion
unt
il th
e st
art
by a
n as
sist
ant
to t
he S
tart
er.
21.3
Onl
y st
andi
ng s
tart
s ar
e pe
rmit
ted.
The
sta
rt w
ill b
e in
dica
ted
by
an a
udib
le s
igna
l.
21.3
.1Fo
r a
team
sta
rt a
ll bo
ats
are
rele
ased
at
the
audi
ble
star
t si
gnal
, al
l co
mpe
tito
rs m
ust
pass
thr
ough
the
sta
rt l
ine
wit
hin
10 s
econ
ds
of t
he r
elea
se.
If s
ome
natu
ral
disa
ster
, or
unf
ores
een
circ
umst
ance
in
clud
ing
wat
er l
evel
iss
ues
occu
r an
d th
e ti
me
at t
he s
tart
will
not
al
low
the
com
peti
tors
to
pass
the
sta
rt l
ine
wit
hin
10 s
econ
ds,
the
tim
e ca
n be
cha
nged
–th
is i
s th
e ri
ght
of t
he m
ajor
ity
of t
he t
eam
lea
ders
pr
esen
t. I
f th
e te
am w
ill n
ot p
ass
the
star
t w
ithi
n 10
sec
onds
fro
m t
he
rele
ase,
the
y w
ill b
e di
squa
lifie
d.D
efin
itio
n of
a s
tart
line
: In
the
cas
e of
a g
ate,
the
pas
sage
is t
hrou
gh t
he g
ate;
In
the
cas
e of
cro
ssin
g a
rive
r be
am,
it is
the
line
bet
wee
n th
e be
ams.
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The
tim
e th
at t
he c
ompe
tito
r's b
ody
firs
t cr
osse
s th
e st
arti
ng l
ine
to t
he
tim
e w
hen
the
fini
sh l
ine
is b
roke
n by
the
com
peti
tor's
bod
y (i
n C2
, th
e fi
rst
body
tha
t cr
osse
s th
e lin
e).
In t
eam
rac
ing,
the
tim
e is
mea
sure
d fr
om t
he d
epar
ture
of
the
firs
t bo
at u
ntil
the
arri
val o
f th
e la
st b
oat.
29.2
Tim
ing
of e
ach
run
for
each
Rac
e m
ust
be a
ccur
ate
to a
t le
ast
1/10
0th
of a
sec
ond,
and
the
res
ults
mus
t be
rep
orte
d to
the
nea
rest
1/
100t
h of
sec
ond.
(Exa
mpl
e: W
WC
–Sp
rint
: ru
nnin
g ti
me
of 1
min
ute,
30
and
5/1
00th
sec
onds
wou
ld b
e re
port
ed a
s 1:
30.0
5 m
inut
es;
WW
C –
Clas
sic:
run
ning
tim
e of
14
min
utes
, 30
and
5/1
00th
seco
nds
wou
ld b
e re
port
ed a
s 14
:30.
05 m
inut
es)
30PO
STIN
G O
F RE
SULT
S[T
R]
30.1
As s
oon
as t
he r
esul
ts f
or a
com
peti
tor
or t
eam
are
kno
wn,
the
st
art
num
ber
and
the
tim
e of
the
run
sho
uld
be a
nnou
nced
and
mus
t be
po
sted
in t
he d
esig
nate
d pl
ace
unti
l the
tim
e fo
r fi
ling
prot
ests
has
el
apse
d.
30.2
The
follo
win
g no
tati
ons
will
be
used
in r
epor
ting
the
res
ults
:-
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
wit
h a
valid
res
ult
in a
t le
ast
1run
sho
uld
be s
orte
d no
rmal
ly.
-At
hlet
es/T
eam
s m
ust
have
a v
alid
res
ult
topr
ogre
ss t
o th
e ne
xt
com
peti
tion
pha
se.
-At
hlet
es/T
eam
s w
ith
Inva
lid R
esul
t M
ark
(IRM
) ar
e so
rted
in t
he
follo
win
g or
der:
1. D
NF
2. D
SQ-R
3. D
NS
4. D
QB
-At
hlet
es/T
eam
s m
arke
d as
DQ
B ar
e di
squa
lifie
d fr
om t
he e
ntir
e co
mpe
titi
on-
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
mar
ked
asD
QB:
Shou
ld n
ot b
e sh
own
on a
ny o
f th
e in
term
edia
te o
utpu
ts.
Shou
ld b
e sh
own
only
on
the
Fina
l Re
sult
s Li
st,
last
on
the
list
wit
hout
ra
nk o
r re
sult
s-
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
mar
ked
as D
NF
and
DSQ
-R a
re r
anke
d-
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
mar
ked,
as
DN
S an
d D
QB
are
not
rank
ed-
Athl
etes
/Tea
ms
rece
ivin
g an
IRM
in o
ne o
f th
eir
Hea
t ru
ns a
re s
orte
d by
the
ir b
est
valid
res
ult
(exc
ept
in t
he c
ase
of D
QB)
.
ICF
Wild
wat
er C
anoe
ing
Com
peti
tion
Rul
es 2
017
27
24FI
NIS
H[T
R]
24.1
The
fini
sh li
ne m
ust
be m
arke
d ve
ry c
lear
ly o
n bo
th s
ides
.
24.2
A co
mpe
tito
r's r
un i
s co
mpl
ete
whe
n he
cro
sses
the
fin
ish
line.
He
mus
t no
t cr
oss
the
fini
sh
line
mor
e th
an
once
at
th
e ri
sk
of
disq
ualif
icat
ion.
24.3
In t
he t
eam
eve
nt a
ll 3
boat
s m
ust
cros
s th
e fi
nish
lin
e w
ithi
n 10
se
cond
s of
eac
h ot
her.
If
the
team
will
not
pas
s th
e fi
nish
lin
e w
ithi
n 10
se
cond
s th
ey w
ill b
e di
squa
lifie
d fo
r th
at r
un.
25CL
EARI
NG
TH
E CO
URS
E[T
R]
25.1
Any
com
peti
tor
over
take
n by
ano
ther
com
peti
tor
shal
l al
low
the
ov
erta
king
boa
t fr
ee p
assa
ge if
the
ove
rtak
ing
com
peti
tor
shou
ts "
FREE
".
26RE
SCU
E O
F A
CO
MPE
TITO
R IN
DA
NG
ER[T
R]
26.1
Sinc
e W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g co
mpe
titi
on i
s as
muc
h a
cont
est
agai
nst
the
elem
ents
as
ag
ains
t ot
her
com
peti
tors
, it
is
re
quir
ed
that
an
y co
mpe
tito
r fi
ndin
g an
othe
r in
rea
l da
nger
, m
ust
imm
edia
tely
ren
der
him
re
scue
ass
ista
nce
at p
ain
of d
isqu
alif
icat
ion
for
life.
27LO
SS O
R BR
EAKA
GE
OF
PAD
DLE
[TR]
27.1
Whe
n a
com
peti
tor
brea
ks o
r lo
ses
his
padd
le,
he m
ay u
se o
nly
the
extr
a pa
ddle
car
ried
on
his
boat
.
27.2
For
team
run
s, a
n ex
tra
padd
le m
ay b
e bo
rrow
ed f
rom
ano
ther
m
embe
r of
the
tea
m.
28CA
PSIZ
E[T
R]
28.1
A co
mpe
tito
r m
ay g
et b
ack
in h
is b
oat
afte
r a
caps
ize
and
cont
inue
th
e co
mpe
titi
on.
29TI
MIN
G[T
R]
29.1
The
tim
e of
a r
un is
mea
sure
d fr
om:
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wat
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anoe
ing
Com
peti
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Rul
es 2
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21.3
.2 I
n an
y ca
se,
any
spec
ial
inst
ruct
ions
of
the
star
ter
mus
t be
ad
here
d to
.
21.3
.3Ca
tego
ries
may
be
star
ted
in a
ny o
rder
wit
h an
app
ropr
iate
tim
e in
terv
al b
etw
een
cate
gori
es.
22ST
ART
ORD
ER[T
R]
22.1
Wil
dwat
er C
anoe
ing
Spri
nt
22.1
.1Fo
r ea
ch W
ildw
ater
Can
oein
g Sp
rint
eve
nts
each
cat
egor
y w
ill
have
a d
efin
ite
star
t ti
me
for
each
run
.
22.1
.2Th
e in
divi
dual
sta
rt t
imes
wit
hin
each
cat
egor
y w
ill b
e va
riab
le
and
as d
irec
ted
by t
he s
tart
er a
t th
e ti
me
of s
tart
ing.
22.2
Wil
dwat
er C
anoe
ing
Clas
sic
22.2
.1In
ind
ivid
ual
cate
gori
es t
he s
tart
s ar
e se
para
ted
by a
t le
ast
30
seco
nds.
22.2
.2In
tea
m c
ateg
orie
s st
arts
are
sep
arat
ed b
y at
leas
t 1
min
ute.
22.3
The
star
t in
terv
als
are
norm
ally
th
e sa
me
for
the
enti
re
com
peti
tion
. In
terv
als
may
be
vari
ed t
o ac
com
mod
ate
Tele
visi
on l
ive
cove
rage
etc
.
23FA
LSE
STA
RT
[TR]
23.1
Onl
y th
e St
arte
r is
qua
lifie
d to
det
erm
ine
that
a f
alse
sta
rt h
as
occu
rred
and
to
reca
ll th
e co
mpe
tito
r by
mea
ns o
f an
app
ropr
iate
sig
nal.
23.2
The
Star
ter
dete
rmin
es i
f a
seco
nd s
tart
is
give
n an
d no
tifi
es t
he
Chie
f Ju
dge.