THE INTERNATIONAL SKI COMPETITION RULES (ICR) BOOK II - Fis

313.1.3 For WC this entry process will be determined by the FIS Cross-Country
Committee.
313.2 Receiving official entry information for a specific competition
313.2.1 Official entries and grouping information (when required) must be received
and checked by the competition secretary latest two hours before the
Team Captains’ meeting.
313.2.2 If grouping will be used to determine the starting order, then the competition
secretary will use the order of the written entry to assign the competitors
into groups unless other specific instructions are provided.
313.2.3 When the starting order will be determined according to the FIS Points, the
Competition Secretary will be required to compile the current point values
for each competitor within the valid points list.
313.3 Late Entries
313.3.1 Late entries can be admitted by the Jury before the draw.
313.3.2 Late entries are not admitted after the draw.
313.4 Substitution
313.4.1 After the draw a competitor can only be substituted if he cannot start due
to force majeure (injury, illness, etc.) and if the Jury permits the substitution.
This has to be certified by a medical doctor and communicated to the
Jury until 2 hours before the start.
313.4.2 In the event of an accident during warming up the Jury can permit a substitution
later than 2 hours before the start if the accident is reported to and
certified by the Chief of medical and rescue service of the OC.
313.4.3 If the withdrawn competitor was selected for doping control then this test
must still be carried out and must also be carried out on the substitute
competitor. If the withdrawn competitor produces a positive test, no substitute
will be allowed.
313.4.4 The starting position of the substitute competitor will be according to ICR
articles section C „competition formats“
313.4.5 Competitors, who are on the starting list and cannot take part in the competition
because of illness or other reasons, must be reported by the team
captain to the competition secretary at latest 30 min. before the start. If any
of these competitors were selected for doping control, they must still be
tested.
313.5 Grouping
313.5.1 If grouping is used to determine the starting order, the Team Captain must
distribute his/her competitors evenly within the groups. This must be done
latest 2 hours before the draw. If a nation enters more competitors than
there are groups, the extra competitors must be distributed among the
groups, one per group, at the option of the Team Captain. This rule also
holds for teams with fewer competitors than groups.
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