London 2012 Team Leaders' Guide Athletics

Transponder distribution
For the Marathon, transponders will be distributed in the Call Room and attached
to the shoe or racing chair. Transponders will be collected after athletes leave the
mixed zone.
Spikes
The spikes on athletes’ shoes (or prosthetics used as shoes) will be checked, in
size and number, in the First Call Room before every event. If it is found that an
athlete’s spikes do not comply with the IPC Athletics Rules and Regulations, the
athlete will be asked to change them to the proper size and quantity.
The following maximum spike lengths will be permitted:
– High Jump and Javelin Throw: 12mm
– Other events: 9mm
Personal drinks for Marathon events
For the men’s Marathon – T12 and T46, personal drinks for athletes and guides
must be deposited at the SIC. Drinks must be taken to the designated collection
point between 15:00 and 18:00 on 8 September. Drinks will be collected from
the SIC on 8 September at 18:00.
Each NPC will receive one Personal Drinks Station Pass per athlete per station,
with a maximum of two passes per NPC per station, when they hand in their
drinks. The passes will be required to gain access to personal drinks stations on
competition days.
Personal drinks may be placed in athletes’ own bottles or in bottles supplied by
LOCOG, which may be collected at the end of the technical meeting. All bottles
must comply with the IPC Manufacturer Identification Guidelines for the London
2012 Paralympic Games. The personal drinks collection team will use a
database, which will print a check sheet for each athlete’s bottles and will also
generate labels for the bottles. For the Marathon events, there are three personal
drinks stations on each lap, so the label will show the athlete’s name and NPC
code, and specify the personal drinks station and lap (for example, A2). There
will be a maximum of nine labels. Once this process has been completed, a full
list of bottles for each of the three personal drinks stations will be given to the
NTO in charge at each station.
All bottles will be stored overnight in a secure, refrigerated vehicle(s). Bottles will
be delivered to each station 90 minutes before the start of the race, where the
NTO will sign for the bottles.
The coaches/team officials who will be manning the personal drinks stations for
road events will need to travel from the Paralympic Village to The Mall on the
morning of the race on the scheduled bus services. Buses will then leave The Mall
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