Announcement the Organizing Committee Would Like to Be Informed About the Time of Arrival and Departure (Incl

BOARD AND LODGING In accordance with ISU Communication No. 1752, paragraph 10.7, the Organizing Committee will cover room and meal expenses at the ofﬁ cial Hotel(s) for up to two (2) persons from each ISU Mem- ber with participating Competitors, beginning with dinner on the evening of Friday, February 08, 2013 and ending with breakfast on the morning of Monday, February 11, 2013 (See attachment for more information and hotel costs).

HOTEL RESERVATION / OFFICIAL HOTEL(S) The Organizing Committee will make hotel reservation for the Competitors in the following hotels:

Hotel Chiemgauer Hof Hotel Falkenstein Lärchenstraße 5 Kreuzfeldstraße 2 83334 Inzell / Germany 83334 Inzell / Germany Phone: 0049 (0) 8665 - 6700 Phone: 0049 (0) 8665 - 98890 Fax: 0049 (0) 8665 - 67070 Fax: 0049 (0) 8665 - 988965 [email protected] [email protected]

Chiemgau Appartements Aparthotel Seidel Lärchenstraße 7 Lärchenstraße 17 83334 Inzell / Germany 83334 Inzell / Germany Phone: 0049 (0) 8665 - 6740 Phone: 0049 (0) 8665 - 98440 Fax: 0049 (0) 8665 - 674333 Fax: 0049 (0) 8665 - 984444 kontakt@chiemgau-appartements.de [email protected]

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to limit the number of hotel rooms available to each team at the offi cial hotel(s). The organizer is not obliged to provide services (accommodation, accredited entrance to the ice rink, transportation, etc.) for an excessive number of team offi cials or other accompanying persons from participating ISU Members. Names and functions of all team offi cials must be submitted together with the fi nal entries for the competition, in accordance with ISU Communication No. 1752, paragraph 10.10.

TRANSPORTATION The Organizing Committee will provide transportation from the International Airport Salzburg (A) to Inzell or transfer from the railway station Traunstein to Inzell and back. There is a train connection from Munich Airport through Munich to Traunstein every hour. Announcement The Organizing Committee would like to be informed about the time of arrival and departure (incl. ﬂ ight details) of the competitors and team ofﬁ cials as soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday, February 05, 2013. Saturday 09 to Sunday 10 February 2013

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE – ENTRIES AND INQUIRIES All entries, hotel reservations and other inquiries should be addressed to the Organizing Commit- 1500 m Ladies / Men tee at the addresses below. For Media accreditation, please contact the below address as soon as 3000 m Ladies possible. 5000 m Men Mass Start Ladies / Men ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEDIA ACCREDITATION

OrgKom World Cup 2013, DEC Inzell e.V. OrgKom World Cup 2013, DEC Inzell e.V. Reichenhaller Str. 79, 83334 Inzell/Germany, Reichenhaller Str. 79, 83334 Inzell/Germany Tel. +49 (0)8665-98810, Fax: +49 (0)8665-269 Tel. +49 (0)8665-98810, Fax: +49 (0)8665-269 [email protected] [email protected] www.eisstadion-inzell.de www.eisstadion-inzell.de contact person: contact person: Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating Official Sponsors Hubert Graf (General Secretary) Petra Lorenz (Vice Gen. Secretary)

Results and other information from the competitions will be posted on the following website: WWW.MAX-AICHER-ARENA.DE Local Sponsors On behalf of Deutsche Eisschnelllauf-Gemeinschaft e.V. and DEC Frillensee Inzell, ENTRIES According to ISU Communication No. 1752, the we have the honor and pleasure to invite you to a Competition in the Entries for this competition will be restricted entry quotas (maximum number of entries per and must be made according to ISU Regulati- distance, subject to the qualifying times criteria) Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2012/13 ons and ISU Communication No. 1752, para- for this competition is: graph 3.3. Ladies 1500 3000 Men 1500 5000 which will be held at the Max Aicher Arena Preliminary entries, giving the number of Com- in Inzell, Germany on February 09 -10, 2013 petitors & substitutes and the number of coa- AUT 1 2 AUT 1 1 ches and other team staff, as well as provisio- BEL 1 1 BEL 2 3 The competition will be held under the 2012 ISU General Regulations, Special Regulations and nal names of the Competitors and team leader CAN 5 5 CAN 4 3 Technical Rules for Speed Skating and ISU Communication No. 1752. must be communicated at the latest by Wednes- CHN 3 1 CHN 2 1 day, January 16, 2013. Final entries including CZE 3 3 CZE 1 1 PROGRAM the names of the Competitors and available substitutes, as well as the names of the team FRA 1 1 FRA 3 3 Friday 08.02.2013 16:00 h Team Leaders meeting leader, coaches and other team staff for whom GER 5* 5 GER 5* 5 Sport hall – 1st Floor an accreditation is required must reach the Or- ITA 1 1 ITA 3 1 18:00 h Opening draw, at the town hall ganizing Committee by letter, fax or electronic JPN 4 5 JPN 1 3 mail at the latest by 12:00 noon (local time) on KAZ 1 1 KAZ 3 2 Saturday 09.02.2013 08:30 h Division B 1500 m Ladies Tuesday, February 05, 2013 (see also ISU Com- munication No. 1752, paragraph 3.3.3). KOR 3 4 KOR 2 3 12:10 h Division A 1500 m Ladies Please note that for all persons entered by the LAT 1 1 LAT 2 2 5000 m Men Members, the procedures regarding the Decla- Mass Start Ladies NED 5 5 NED 5 5 ration for Competitors and Offi cials (all team of- Division B Mass Start Ladies NOR 3 3 NOR 5 4 fi cials requiring an accreditation) entering ISU 5000 m Men (quartets) NZL 1 1 NZL 1 2 Events (Rule 131) as outlined in ISU Communi- cation No. 1628, need to be strictly observed. POL 3 3 POL 3 3 Sunday 10.02.2013 08:30 h Division B 1500 m Men For more details please refer to Rules 115, 131 RUS 5 5 RUS 4 3 11:00 h Division A 1500 m Men and ISU Communication No. 1689 or any up- SUI 1 1 SUI 1 2 3000 m Ladies date of this Communications. USA 3 3 USA 4 4 Mass Start Men Division B Mass Start Men *as hosting ISU member 3000 m Ladies (quartets) All other ISU Speed Skating Members may enter maximum 1 Competitor for each distance. For the Mass start races the maximum entry quota per ISU Member will be 3 competitors. * The above times for the B Division races are only indicative. The exact starting times for these races will be All entered Skaters (incl. substitutes) must have achieved applicable qualifying times for the respec- announced at the team leaders’ meetings. For each distance, the races of Division A and the races of Division B are considered as two separate competitions with independent fi nal classifi cations (list of results). tive distances according to the criteria given in Communication No. 1752, paragraph 3.3.1.

CITIZENSHIP/RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE TRACK CLEARANCE PROCEDURES A standard speed skating track of 400 meters to the lap laid out at Max Aicher Arena, an artiﬁ cially In accordance with Rule 109 of the ISU Regulations and ISU Communication No. 1420, all Skaters frozen indoor skating rink in Inzell. The radii of the inner and outer competition lanes are 25 and 29 who do not have the nationality of the Member by which they have been entered or who, although meters, respectively. The width of the inside training lane is 4 meters. having such nationality, have in the past represented another Member, must produce an ISU Clea- rance Certiﬁ cate. COMPETITION FORMAT FOR THE MASS START EVENTS Mass Start races will be skated according to Rule 253, paragraph 4 b) in the ISU Technical Rules for GROUPING AND DRAWING PROCEEDURES Speed Skating and ISU Communication No. 1752, paragraph 4.3, with distances of 15 laps for Ladies The grouping and drawing of pairs will be made according to ISU Communication No. 1752, para- and 20 laps for Men. graph 5.

PRIZES AND POINTS ANTI-DOPING For each distance World Cup points and prize money will be awarded according to the ISU Commu- Anti-Doping tests will be carried out in accordance with the valid ISU Anti-Doping Code (ISU Com- nication No. 1752, paragraphs 6 and 8. munications No. 1693, 1694, 1765 and 1766 or any further update of these Communications).

TRAINING TIMES LIABILITY The speed skating track will be open for training for entered Competitors from Tuesday, February 05, In accordance with Rule 119 of the ISU General Regulations, the ISU, the Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Ge- 2013. Trial starts will be organized on Friday, February 08, 2013. meinschaft e.V. and the Organizing Committee assume no responsibility for or liability with respect to Only accredited Competitors, substitutes and team ofﬁ cials will be allowed to enter the ice-rink bodily or personal injury or property loss or damage incurred in connection with the Essent ISU World during the ofﬁ cial training hours. Cup Speed Skating. Each Member is solely responsible for providing insurance coverage thereto.