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RULE 6
Injuries
and Timeouts
Rule 6.1.3 Injury Timeout
QUESTION: What state of readiness should the injured wrestler assume at the
completion of injury time? RULING: At the completion of the 1½ minutes of
injury time, the injured wrestler should be prepared to rise and move to the center
of the mat to restart the match.
SITUATION 1: A wrestler is injured. After being attended to, the wrestler returns
to the center of the mat with the intent of continuing to wrestle. The referee has
indicated that the injury-time clock be stopped. The wrestler has used one minute
of injury time. The referee questions the injured wrestler’s ability to continue.
QUESTION: How does the referee use an official timeout to have the wrestler
examined by medical personnel for consultation? RULING: As indicated in Rule
6.1.5, the official timeout is to be used in this situation only after the wrestler
has used the entire 1½ minutes of injury time. In this situation, the referee would
indicate that the wrestler’s injury time be restarted and would call for examination
by medical personnel. If the remainder of the wrestler’s injury time is used and
the medical examination has not been completed, the referee will use a referee’s
timeout at this point.
SITUATION 2: If the first nonbleeding injury timeout is taken by Wrestler A
between the end of the third period and the beginning of the sudden-victory
period, Rule 6.1.3 states that Wrestler B will have the choice of any one of the
three starting positions at the beginning of the sudden-victory period. Wrestler B
chooses the top position and rides Wrestler A for the entire one-minute suddenvictory
period. QUESTION: Does Wrestler B win the match? RULING: Yes.
Wrestler A has accrued one minute of time advantage and is awarded one point.
(See Rules 2.12.1 and 2.12.2.)
SITUATION 3: Wrestler A takes a first nonbleeding timeout between the first
and second tiebreaker periods. Wrestler B has a choice of positions in the
first tiebreaker period. QUESTION: Does Wrestler B have the choice again as
Wrestler A has taken his or her first nonbleeding timeout? RULING: Yes.
SITUATION 4: A wrestler vomits during a match. Is the referee correct in
charging a nonbleeding injury timeout to the ill wrestler? RULING: Yes, Rule
6.1.3 states injury timeout may be called for injured or ill contestants. Vomiting
is considered being ill. The time for the ill wrestler to recover and be ready to
wrestle constitutes the injury timeout. The ill wrestler must be charged a penalty
depending on if it is the first, second or third nonbleeding injury timeout. After
the wrestler recovers, any further cleanup that is necessary shall not be counted
as injury timeout.
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