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a. The Race Director (RD)/Asst. Race Director/Technical Delegate (TD)
may approve a late entry due to extraordinary
circumstances before the draw.
b. The Competition Jury may approve a late entry due to force
majeure after the draw. The Competition Jury will direct in which
position(s) the late competitor(s) will start. A separate draw may
be used for this purpose.
1.5.5 Replacement of Entry - Force Majeure
If an entered competitor cannot start due to force majeure, another
registered competitor may take his place, but not later than 30
minutes before the listed start time of the entered competitor for
Individual and Sprint competitions. In Relay competitions,
competitors may be replaced as follows: first leg – 30 minutes
before simultaneous start; second – before simultaneous start; third –
before the first hand-over; and, fourth – before the second handover.
In the case of such a replacement, a valid reason preventing the
start must be presented to the Competition Jury not later than 30
minutes before the listed start time in question or before the
deadlines specified for the Relay.
1.6 DRAW AND ASSIGNMENT OF START NUMBERS
1.6.1 General
Competitors or teams will be randomly selected from the entries for
the competition, by manual or computer draw, and will be assigned
their start numbers based on that draw unless other rules regulate that
competition.
1.6.1.1 The method of the draw must be approved by the RD/Asst. RD/TD.
1.6.2 Time of Draws
The draw for any competition must be held not earlier than 24
hours before and not later than 15 hours before the start of the
competition. However, in events at which a draw is required for the
Mass Start or Relay competitions, the draw for the Mass Start and
Relay competitions may be
held at the Team Captains Meeting for the competition which will
precede the respective Mass Start or Relay competition in the
event program. If the Competition Jury decides to repeat a
competition or to postpone a competition, they will also decide
whether a new draw must be made.
1.6.3 Place of Draws
Draws must be held during and at the place of the Team Captains
Meetings, and must be visible to all Team Captains; however, the RD/Asst.
RD/TD
may approve for a draw to be held outside of the Team Captains
Meeting, if it is necessary due to event circumstances. Such
outside draws must be supervised by at least two Competition Jury
members.
1.6.3.1 Normal Assignment of Competitors into Draw Groups
When submitting their entries, Team Captains must assign one
competitor to each of the draw groups. If a team consists of fewer
competitors than the number of draw groups, the team captain will
decide in which groups he will place his competitors (one in each
group chosen). If a team consists of more competitors than the
number of draw groups, the extra competitors shall be added to the
draw groups at the team captain’s discretion, one to each group,
repeating this procedure until all the team’s competitors have been
placed.
1.6.4 Normal Draw for Individual and Sprint Competitions
Generally, there are four start groups at all IBU competitions.
The starting order shall be decided by randomly drawing the names
of competitors from the draw groups into which they have been