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Competition Guide Powered Paragliding Competition Guide Powered Paragliding Preface Welcome to the 3rd Asian Beach Games, welcome to Haiyang. The purpose of this Guide is to ensure that the Technical Officials and the Team Leaders are well informed of all the procedures and information pertaining to the Haiyang Asian Beach Games, and to help the Team Leaders direct their teams of the competition. The Guide consists of such key information as Key Dates, Key Contacts, Competition Venue, Competition Schedule, Competition Procedures and Training Information. HABGOC has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this guide is correct and up-to-date. However, noting that this project involves so many aspects that it would be hard to fit them in one publication, and changes may occur as the Games is drawing near, we suggest you refer to the Sport Information Desk or the INFO System for more and updated information. Contents General Competition Schedule Competition Information Key Dates Key Contacts Technical Officials Task Type Competition Schedule Competition Venue Participating NOCs Competition Rules Equipment and Clothes Technical Meeting Sport Information Service Competition Procedures Training Information Technical Officials’ Seating Venue Inspection Technical Officials’ Meeting and Training Competition Schedule Competition Schedule June 2012 No. of No. Sports Tue-Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Days 12-15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Opening Ceremony ＊ 1 Beach Basketball 3 2 2 Beach Handball 7 2 3 Beach Kabaddi 4 2 4 Beach Sepaktakraw 7 2 2 5 Beach Soccer 6 1 6 Beach Volleyball 7 2 7 Beach Woodball 4 2 2 8 Dragon Boat 3 2 2 2 9 Powered Paragliding 4 4 R 10 Roller Skating 2 4 4 11 Sport Climbing 4 4 2 2 12 Waterski 3 4 13 Windsurfing 5 2 Closing Ceremony ＊ TOTAL GOLD 6 12 8 8 5 10 MEDALS/DAY Competition Information Key Dates Pre-opening of Athletes’ Village June 5 Opening of Technical Officials’ Hotel June 5 Uniforms Distribution June 14 Venue Inspection June 13 Technical Officials’ Meeting and Training June14 Opening of Athletes’ Village June 12 Pre-event Training June 15 June 14 evening or Technical Meeting June 15 early morning Opening Ceremony June 16 First Day of Competition June 17 Last Day of Competition June 21 Closing of Competition Venue June 22 Closing Ceremony June 22 Closing of Technical Officials’ Hotel June 25 Closing of the Athletes’ Village June 25 Key Contacts Sport Entries Center Add.: Sport Entries Center, Public Zone of Athletes' Village Tel: +86 535 3231220 Fax: +86 535 3231220 Email: [email protected] Sport Information Center: Add.: Sport Information Center, Athletes' Village, the 3rd Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee Tel: +86 535 3330792 Email: [email protected] Competition Management: Executive Vice-director: Chen Jianjun Tel: +86 13901374896 Competition Manager: Wang Yongli Tel: +86 13901116105 Competition Deputy Manager: Yang Jianjun Tel: +86 13969063080 Competition Manager Assistant: Jiang Zhongshui Tel: +86 13780927422 Comprehensive Service Supervisor: Song Jianjun Tel: +86 13953570660 Sport Technical Operation Supervisor: You Chunsheng Tel: +86 15153506398 Venue and Equipment Supervisor: Qi Zhiqiang Tel: +86 15966585816 Sports Committee of OCA: President: Zhang Jilong (CHN) Tel: +86 10 87182304 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) Address: Av. de Rhodanie 54, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel: +41 21 345 1070 Aero Sports Federation of China (ASFC) Address: A-14, Tiantan Dongli Zhongqu, Beijing, 100061 P.R.China Tel: +86 10 67050839 Fax: +86 10 67050839 Email: [email protected] Website: www.soaring.org.cn Technical Officials A total of 24 Technical Officials have been appointed for Powered Paragliding of the 3rd Asian Beach Games. Technical Delegate: Richard Meredith-Hardy (GBR) Jury of Appeal: Md Hussin Rohaizi (MAS) Hughes Robert (GBR) Shrestha Stephen (NEP) Task Type The tasks include Individual Precision Task, Individual Economy Task, All Round Overall and Team. Competition Schedule For details, see the Competition Schedule of the 3rd Asian Beach Games. Competition Venue Zone D of Fengxiang Beach. Participating NOCs As of May 24, 2012, the entered NOCs are: No. Country/Region Code Region Code 1 Afghanistan AFG SA 2 China CHN EA 3 Indonesia INA SEA 4 Korea KOR EA 5 Malaysia MAS SEA 6 Philippines PHI SEA 7 Qatar QAT WA 8 Saudi Arabia KSA WA 9 Thailand THA SEA Competition Rules The Powered Paragliding competitions shall follow the rules as laid out in the Local regulations of the Powered Paragliding competitions in the 3rd Asian Beach Games (version 4.4) and the Sporting Code of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. If dispute arises from the understanding about the Rules of different language versions, the English version shall prevail. In the case of unforeseeable problems not stipulated in the Rules, corresponding measures shall be adopted in accordance with the OCA Constitution & Rules as well as the rules and regulations stipulated by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Important Note: The current version of the Local Regulations is version 4.4 and it is available at http://wiki.fai.org/x/D4DG Equipment and Clothes The equipment and clothes of the Powered Paragliding athletes and other relevant personnel should conform to the Local regulations of the Powered Paragliding competitions in the 3rd Asian Beach Games (version 4.4) the regulations stipulated by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Technical Meeting Date: June 14 evening or June 15 early morning Place: meeting room at the competition venue Participants: Technical Delegate, Team Leaders, main Technical Officials Sport Information Service Sport Information Desks are located at the competition venue and the Athletes’ Village respectively. Competition Procedures Arrival at the Venue Upon arrival at the competition venue, athletes may go to the lounge to prepare for warm-up by session sequence. Check in Athletes should arrive at the call room to check in 60 minutes prior to the competition start, and the Technical Officials should arrive there 60 minutes prior to the competition start. Uniform check will be conducted before athletes’ entry into the FOP in accordance with Bye-Law to Article 36 of the OCA Constitution and Rules, FAI regulations and HABGOC guidelines. Entering/Exiting the FOP Technical Officials and Athletes shall enter and exit the FOP through designated passageway. Mixed Zone Mixed Zone is set up in the competition venue as per the stipulation of OCA to facilitate the communication between athletes and media. According to the requirements of OCA, athletes have to pass through the mixed zone after competition but do not have the obligation to answer the questions raised by reporters. Awards The medals and certificates will be awarded in accordance with the Article 64 of OCA Constitution & Rules. The champion will be awarded with the gold medal. The runner-up will be awarded with the silver medal. The third place will be awarded with the bronze medal. Relevant staff will usher the medalists to the waiting area 15 minutes before the award ceremony. Athletes should wear the official team uniform designated by their own NOCs. Protests and Appeals The procedures for complaints and protests are stated in the Local Regulations. Doping Control Doping control will be carried out in line with the procedures stipulated by World Anti-Doping Agency under the regulations of Medical Committee of OCA during the 3rd Asian Beach Games. Training Information The 3rd Asian Beach Games Organizing Committee will provide free training services for sport teams from June 15, 2012 since the Power Paragliding competitions will start on June 17, 2012. Technical Officials’ Seating Dedicated seats will be reserved for Technical Officials at the venue. Venue Inspection Powered Paragliding venue inspection will be conducted by Technical Delegate and HABGOC, ASFC officials, Swiss Timing officials on June 13 to ensure the venue meets the requirements and standards of ASFC. Technical Officials’ Meeting and Training Technical Officials’ meeting and training will be held on June 14, with ASFC officials, Swiss Timing officials and Technical Delegate. .
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