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Table of Contents 1. 1. CLASSIFICATION: ............................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. Definition: .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2. Purpose: ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Code: ................................................................... 4 1.4. Classification Master List: ................................................................................................................... 4 2. CLASSIFICATION PERSONNEL: ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Classifier: .................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2. ITU Head of Classification:.................................................................................................................. 5 2.3. Chief Classifier: ........................................................................................................................................ 5 2.4. Classification Panel: .............................................................................................................................. 5 3. CLASSIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIES: ............................................................................................................ 6 3.1. Paratriathlete: .......................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. Classifier: .................................................................................................................................................... 6 3.3. Local Organising Committee (LOC): .............................................................................................. 7 4. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR COMPETITION: ................................................................................................. 7 5. CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................................... 8 5.1. Pre-Competition ...................................................................................................................................... 8 5.2. Athlete Presentation ............................................................................................................................. 8 5.3. Athlete Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 8 5.4. Sport Class and Sport Class Status Allocation .......................................................................... 9 5.5. First Appearance .................................................................................................................................. 11 5.6. Changes in Sport Class resulting from Observation Assessment ................................ 11 5.7. Official Reporting on the Classification Assesment Results ........................................... 11 5.8. Paratriathlete failure to attend/ refuses evaluation: ......................................................... 12 5.9. Non-cooperation during evaluation .......................................................................................... 12 5.10. Intentional misrepresentation of skills and/or abilities: .................................................. 12 5.11. Consequences for paratriathlete support personnel: ....................................................... 13 6. CLASSIFICATION PROTEST .............................................................................................................................. 13 6.1. General: .................................................................................................................................................... 13 6.2. Classification Protest Opportunities: ......................................................................................... 14 6.3. Exceptional Circumstances: ............................................................................................................ 14 6.4. Classification Protest ......................................................................................................................... 15 6.5. Request for Classification Review ................................................................................................ 16 7. CLASSIFICATION APPEAL ................................................................................................................................ 16 7.1. General: .................................................................................................................................................... 16 7.2. Jurisdiction of a Classification Appeal: ..................................................................................... 16 7.3. Submission of an Appeal against Classification: .................................................................. 17 7.4. Classification Appeal Procedures: ............................................................................................... 17 7.5. Classification Appeal Hearing: ...................................................................................................... 17 7.6. Classification Appeal Decision: ..................................................................................................... 18 7.7. Confidentiality: ..................................................................................................................................... 18 2
8. CLASSIFIER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION ...................................................................................... 18 8.1. Introduction: .......................................................................................................................................... 18 9. A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PARATRIATHLON PROFILES .............................................. 20 10. MEDICAL DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 22 11. PARATRIATHLON CATEGORIES .................................................................................................................... 25 12. PARATRIATHLON CATEGORIES – ILLUSTRATED: ................................................................................. 26 13. METHOD OF ASSESSMENT: ............................................................................................................................. 29 14. DECIDING THE PROFILE: ................................................................................................................................... 31 15. DETERMINING BASE LINE SCORES: ............................................................................................................. 32 16. BASE LINE SCORES FOR EACH PROFILE: ................................................................................................... 33 APPENDIX 1: CONSENT FOR CLASSIFICATION ...................................................................................................... 34 APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT CARD ................................................................................................................................ 35 APPENDIX 3 CERTIFICATE OF DIAGNOSIS ............................................................................................................... 37 APPENDIX 4: VISUAL IMPAIRMENT CERTIFICATE ................................................................................................ 38 APPENDIX 5: TEMPORARY CLASSIFICATION FORM ............................................................................................ 41 APPENDIX 6: CLASSIFIER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION ......................................................................... 43 APPENDIX 7: CLASSIFICATION PROTEST FORM .................................................................................................. 47 APPENDIX 8: CLASSIFICATION APPEAL FORM ..................................................................................................... 49 3
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Page 22 and 23: 10. MEDICAL DEFINITIONS Locomotor D
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Page 26 and 27: 12. PARATRIATHLON CATEGORIES - ILLU
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Page 30 and 31: 3 - Moderate impairment; able to ac
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Page 34 and 35: APPENDIX 1: CONSENT FOR CLASSIFICAT
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Page 38 and 39: APPENDIX 4: VISUAL IMPAIRMENT CERTI
Page 40 and 41: Signature of Ophthalmologist: .....
Page 42 and 43: Brief Description of Impairment and
Page 44 and 45: 5. Delivery of certification course
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Page 48 and 49: DECISION OF THE CLASSIFICATION PROT

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