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

323.2.2.4 All equipment exchanges must be done by the competitor within the assigned
box without any assistance. The exchanged equipment must be left
in the box until the competitor has finished the competition.
323.2.2.5 5 minutes before the start coaches or service people have to leave the
exchange box area.
323.3 Entries - Substitution
323.3.1 Substitution is possible according to ICR art. 313.4
323.3.2 The substitute athlete’s start position will be determined by the Jury, using
the same procedure that established the start list. The competitor's start
position will be in between the starting positions (lines) of the competitors
adjacent to him.
323.3.3 The athlete takes the bib of the one he is replacing.
323.3.4 The original start position will be left empty.
323.4 Starting Order and Start Procedure
323.4.1 Mass Start procedure must be used (see ICR art. 315.3).
323.5 Timing and results
323.5.1 Overlapping Rules normally apply. For skiers who are lapped refer to ICR
article 343.13.
323.6 Jury and protests
No specific rules.
324 Pursuit
324.1 Definition
Pursuit competitions are carried out as combined competitions where
starting times of athletes are determined by result(s) of previous competition(s)
and the final result is determined by finish arrival order of the last
competition.
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