International Luge Federation IRO INTERNATIONAL LUGE REGULATIONS - ARTIFICIAL TRACK - 2018 Edition www.fil-luge.org Approved at the 66th FIL Congress on June 15, 2018 in Bratislava / SVK 2018 Edition International Luge Regulations Artificial Track § 1 General Regulations ............................................................................................................. 3 § 2 FIL Competitions, Awarding 1. FIL Competitions ............................................................................................................ 5 2. Procedure for the Awarding of FIL Competitions ........................................................... 5 § 3 Competition Regulations 1. Disciplines ....................................................................................................................... 6 2. Competitions Runs .......................................................................................................... 6 3. Regulations for Eligibility ............................................................................................... 6 4. Age Requirements ........................................................................................................... 6 5. Seeded Groups ................................................................................................................ 7 6. Competition Program ...................................................................................................... 8 7. Cancellations, Competition Schedule ............................................................................ 16 8. Authorization to Participate in Training ........................................................................ 16 9. Authorization to Participate in Competition .................................................................. 17 10. Rankings........................................................................................................................ 17 § 4 Race Administration, Jury, Technical Delegate, International Judge 1. Race Administration ...................................................................................................... 19 2. Jury ................................................................................................................................ 20 3. Technical Delegate ........................................................................................................ 20 4. Combined Task of the Jury and Technical Delegates .................................................... 21 5. International Judge ........................................................................................................ 21 § 5 Sled, Equipment and controls 1. General Regulations on Sled ......................................................................................... 22 2. General Regulations on Equipment ............................................................................... 28 3. Inspection of the sled and race equipment ..................................................................... 29 § 6 Medical Service ................................................................................................................... 33 § 7 Advertising Regulations 1. Applicability, Measuring Procedure .............................................................................. 34 2. Race Clothing ................................................................................................................ 34 3. Safety Helmet ................................................................................................................ 35 4. Visor .............................................................................................................................. 35 5. Caps, Headbands and other Headgear ........................................................................... 35 6. Start Numbers ................................................................................................................ 35 7. Luge Shoes .................................................................................................................... 35 8. Gloves ........................................................................................................................... 35 9. Racing Sled ................................................................................................................... 35 10. Athlete ........................................................................................................................... 36 11. Forbidden Advertising ................................................................................................... 36 § 8 Training, Weigh-in, Individual Supplemental Weights 1. International Training Courses ...................................................................................... 37 2. Paid Training ................................................................................................................. 37 3. Official Training ............................................................................................................ 37 4. Weigh-In ....................................................................................................................... 39 5. Individual Supplemental Weights .................................................................................. 39 1 § 9 Race Preparation 1. Entries ........................................................................................................................... 41 2. Entry Fee ....................................................................................................................... 41 3. Draw .............................................................................................................................. 41 § 10 Start, Finish, General Rules, Timing, Results 1. Start ............................................................................................................................... 43 2. Finish............................................................................................................................. 43 3. General Rules ................................................................................................................ 44 4. Timing ........................................................................................................................... 45 5. Results ........................................................................................................................... 46 § 11 Disqualification, Protests 1. Violation of the Rules .................................................................................................... 48 2. Protests .......................................................................................................................... 48 § 12 Awarding of Titles, Awards Ceremony 1. Titles for FIL World Championships ............................................................................. 50 2. Titles for Continental Championships ........................................................................... 50 3. Awarding of Titles in Case of a Reduction of Runs....................................................... 50 4. Certificates .................................................................................................................... 50 5. Medals ........................................................................................................................... 51 6. Pins for Competitors and Officials ................................................................................ 51 7. Gifts of Honor and Mementos ....................................................................................... 51 8. Awards Ceremony and Conclusion of the Event ........................................................... 51 § 13 Concluding Regulations ..................................................................................................... 53 Supplements: 1. Regulation for Artificial Luge Tracks ..................................................................... 54 2. Rules for Instruction of International Judge ............................................................ 58 3. Regulations for Audio-Visual Media Rights ........................................................... 60 4. Olympic Rules ........................................................................................................ 62 5. Individual Weight Allowances ............................................................................... 67 2 § 1 General Regulations 1. The International Luge Regulations for Artificial Track (IRO) include the regulations for an orderly staging of all competitions of the sport of luge on artificial tracks including championships and international competitions of the FIL. It is also valid for the luge competitions during Olympic Winter Games (OWG), please refer to Supplement 4. 2. The event organizers as well as the participating National Federations (NF), sport clubs, teams, athletes, judges, doctors and all assigned helpers are obliged to adhere to the following regulations and use them during the staging of competitions on artificial tracks during Olympic Winter Games, FIL Championships and FIL competitions provided that there are no IOC regulations, FIL statutes or resolutions of FIL bodies ruling against it. 3. Athletes registered by their National Federations (NFs) can participate in all FIL competitions if they have a valid FIL license. The licenses are filled out by the respective National