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WILDWATER CANOEING COMPETITION RULES 2009 Taking effect from 1 January , 2009 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to provide the rules that govern the way of running Wildwater Canoeing ICF competitions. LANGUAGE The English written language is the only acceptable language for all official communications relating to these Competition Rules and the conduct of all Wildwater Canoeing ICF competitions. For the sake of consistency, British spelling, punctuation and grammatical conventions have been used throughout. Any word which may imply the masculine gender, also includes the feminine. COPYRIGHT These rules may be photocopied. Great care has been taken in typing and checking the rules and the original text is available on the ICF website www.canoeicf.com. Please do not re-set in type without consultation. ICF Wildwater Canoeing Competition Rules 2009 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Article Page CHAPTER I – GENERAL REGULATIONS................6 1 AIM ....................................................... 6 2 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ....................... 6 3 COMPETITORS .......................................... 7 4 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION CALENDAR ......... 8 5 MINIMUM PARTICIPATION ............................. 8 CHAPTER II - CATEGORIES - BOAT CONSTRUCTION - TRADEMARKS ............................................. 9 6 CATEGORIES/ K1M, K1W, C1M, C1W, C2M, AND C2W ......................................................9 7 BOATS-PADDLES-ACCESSORIES ...................... 10 CHAPTER III - RACING ORGANISATION AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMPETITIONS ............ 12 8 OFFICIALS .............................................. 12 9 DUTIES OF OFFICIALS ................................. 14 10 INVITATIONS ........................................... 16 11 ENTRIES ................................................. 16 12 ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES ............................ 17 13 THE START ORDER .................................... 17 14 COMPETITION PROGRAMME ......................... 17 15 ALTERATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF ENTRIES ..... 18 16 START NUMBERS ...................................... 18 17 INSTRUCTIONS TO TEAM MANAGERS ............... 19 18 SAFETY MEASURES .................................... 19 19 COURSE ................................................. 21 20 TRAINING ............................................... 22 21 START ................................................... 22 22 START ORDER .......................................... 23 23 FALSE START ........................................... 23 24 FINISH ................................................... 23 25 CLEARING THE COURSE .............................. 24 26 RESCUE OF A COMPETITOR IN DANGER ............ 24 27 LOSS OR BREAKAGE OF PADDLE ..................... 24 28 CAPSIZE ................................................. 24 29 TIMING .................................................. 24 30 POSTING OF RESULTS ................................. 25 31 DEAD HEAT ............................................. 25 32 PROTEST ................................................ 25 33 APPEAL TO THE COMPETITION COMMITTEE ....... 26 34 APPEAL TO THE ICF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ........ 27 35 DISQUALIFICATION AND ELIMINATION .............. 27 CHAPTER IV - SPECIAL RULES FOR SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ....................................... 29 36 SPECIAL RULES RELATIVE TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ....................................... 29 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Competition Rules 2009 3 36.1 ORGANISATION ................................... 29 36.2 PARTICIPATION ................................... 29 36.3 CATEGORIES/ K1M, K1W, C1M AND C2M ..... 30 36.4 COMPETITION SCHEDULE ........................ 30 36.5 INVITATIONS ...................................... 31 36.6 ENTRIES ............................................ 31 36.7 ACCEPTANCE OF ENTRIES ....................... 32 36.8 PROGRAMME ...................................... 33 36.9 OFFICIALS-ICF .................................... 33 36.10 COURSE ............................................ 34 36.11 TIMING ............................................. 34 36.12 ANTI-DOPING ..................................... 35 36.13 AWARDS ........................................... 35 36.14 RESULTS AND REPORTS .......................... 36 CHAPTER V - SPECIAL RULES FOR JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ....................................... 37 37.1 PURPOSE ........................................... 37 37.2 ORGANISATION ................................... 37 37.3 PARTICIPATION ................................... 37 37.4 AGE LIMITS ........................................ 37 37.5 CATEGORIES/ K1M, K1W, C1M AND C2M .... 38 37.6 START ORDER ..................................... 38 37.7 ENTRIES ............................................ 39 37.8 I.J.C.W.W. ........................................ 39 37.9 BULLETIN .......................................... 39 CHAPTER VI - SPECIAL RULES FOR WORLD CUP COMPETITION .......................................... 40 38.1 DEFINITION OBJECT .............................. 40 38.2 ORGANISATION ................................... 40 38.3 ENTRIES ............................................ 41 38.4 THE COURSE ...................................... 41 38.5 START ORDER ..................................... 41 38.6 ICF OFFICIALS FOR WCWWC .................... 42 38.7 DUTY OF THE ICF OFFICIALS .................... 42 38.8 AWARDING OF THE WORLD CUP IN WILDWATER ....................................... 42 38.9 AWARDS ........................................... 43 38.10 CLOSING CEREMONY ............................. 43 38.11 WORLD RANKING ................................. 43 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Competition Rules 2009 4 List of Abbreviations COMPETITOR Male or female competitor FEDERATION Member Federation of the ICF ICF International Canoe Federation IJWWC International Judge of Wildwater Canoeing WWCC Wildwater Canoeing Committee WCWWC World Cup Wildwater Canoeing COMPETITION World Championships, World Cups and International events Kayak Men (KM), Kayak Women (KW), CATEGORIES Canadian Men (CM), Canadian Women (CW) Individual Classic: K1M, K1W, C1M, C1W, C2M, C2W Individual Sprint: K1M, K1W, C1M, C1W, C2M, C2W EVENTS Team Classic: K1Mx3, K1Wx3, C1Mx3, C1Wx3, C2Mx3, C2Wx3 Team Sprint: K1Mx3, K1Wx3, C1Mx3, C1Wx3, C2Mx3, C2Wx3 [GR] General Rule (can only be changed by the ICF Congress) [TR] Technical Rule (can only be changed by ICF Board of Directors) ICF Wildwater Canoeing Competition Rules 2009 5 CHAPTER I - GENERAL REGULATIONS 1 AIM [GR] 1.1 The object of Wildwater Canoeing is to demonstrate a competitor's mastery of his/her boat in fast moving white water, while running a prescribed course in the shortest possible time. 1.2 Races considered to be Wildwater Canoeing are those held from a point upriver to a point downriver. A river can be one that is natural, modified or artificial and must be at least class III in difficulty. 2 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION [GR]/ [TR] 2.1 All competitions announced as international shall be governed by the rules of the ICF. 2.1.1 Competitions organised by a Federation or its affiliated associations are always regarded as international if foreign competitors are invited and participate. 2.2 An international competition must be supervised by at least one judge who holds a valid card as an International Judge Wildwater Canoeing (IJWWC). 2.2.1 These officials are appointed by the Chair of the WWCC from nominations submitted by the organisers. 2.2.1.1 Room and board for these officials is paid for by the organising Federation. 2.3 International Competitions: International Competitions are open to all Federations. The number of competitors is determined by the organiser or is open. Some international competitions may be used in the World Ranking. 2.3.1 The start order for international competitions is taken from the current World Ranking. ICF Wildwater Canoeing Competition Rules 2009 6 2.4 There are three types of ICF competitions: - World Championships - Junior World Championships - World Cup 3 COMPETITORS [GR] 3.1 Only the members of Clubs or associations affiliated with an ICF National Federation have the right to participate in an international competition. 3.2 A competitor is always allowed to take part individually in an international competition but must in each case obtain special permission from his National Federation. 3.3.1 A Competitor may take part on behalf of the Federation in a foreign country in which he is domiciled, if he/she obtains the authorisation of his/her Federation of origin. This authorisation has to be sent before 30th November prior to the year concerned to the ICF Headquarters with a copy to the Chair of the Wildwater Canoeing Committee. The same procedure applies, should the Competitor change back his/her starting right to the Federation of origin. 3.3.2 If he has lived for 2 years or more in this foreign country, the approval of his Federation of origin is no longer required. 3.3.3 A competitor may not compete for more than one Federation in any one calendar year in the sport of canoeing. This rule does not apply in the case of a competitor who leaves his country of origin to marry in another country. He can, in this case, compete for his new Federation without awaiting the delay of 2 years. 3.4 The first year, a junior competitor can compete is the year that his 15th birthday falls in and the last year he may compete, as a junior is the year that his 18th birthday falls in. 3.5 Each National Federation shall ensure that their competitors are in a good state of health and fitness which

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