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8. COMPETITION REGULATIONS 8.1 Team Composition 8 TH EUROPEAN UROPEAN UROPEAN CUP UP RACE ACE WALKING ALKING METZ ETZ 2009 2009 Each Federation may enter 1 (one) men’s team and 1 (one) women’s team seniors and juniors. For each senior race 4 (four) walkers may be entered of whom 3 (three) will score. For each junior race 3 (three) walkers may be entered of whom 2 (two) will score. 8.2 Entries Entries shall be made through European Athletics online entry system. The online entry system will be accessible on European Athletics website: www.european-athletics.org in the section “Member Federations Zone/Competition”. Member federations should use the already known ID and password. 8.2.1 Final Entries Final entries indicating the names of the athletes and their performances in the current year, plus the names of officials must be submitted not later than 10 (ten) days before the first day of the competition. All teams will receive a .pdf report with a status of their entries 24h before the deadline and one .pdf confirmation after closing of the system. According to the regulations the deadlines for final entries are: • opening date of the online entry system: 30 th April 2009 • deadline for the entries: 14 th May 2009 at 24.00 CET 8.2.2 Final Confirmation Team Leaders or their representatives must confirm the names of those competitors already entered who will actually take part in the competition. Forms for the final declaration and confirmation will be distributed to each delegation during accreditation. The forms must be completed and returned immediately and not later than Saturday 23 rd May at 12:00 at the TIC. Final start lists will be ready for collection after the Technical Meeting. After the Technical Meeting justified changes due to injury, illness or other uncontrollable matters will be possible until the beginning of the respective event, provided that the Technical Delegate has been previously informed and has accepted the change. For more details please refer to European Athletics Regulation 803.5 8.3 Competition Numbers The LOC will provide the teams with competition numbers at the Technical Meeting. Each competitor receives 3 numbers. Their personal competition number shall be pinned on the front and the back of the competition clothing and on the athlete’s bag. The competition numbers may not be cut, bent or covered in any way. 8.4 Scoring Each team shall consist of up to 4 (four) athletes for Senior Men and Senior Women and up to 3 (three) athletes for Junior Men and Junior Women: • The finishing positions of the teams in each event shall be decided according to the aggregates of the finishing places of the first 3 (three) finishers of each team in the Senior Metz 2009 Team Manual Page 17/25
8 TH EUROPEAN UROPEAN UROPEAN CUP UP RACE ACE WALKING ALKING METZ ETZ 2009 2009 events and of the first 2 (two) finishers of each team in the Junior events, the team with the lowest aggregate being the winner, and so on. • If two or more teams have an equality of scores calculated according to the previous statement, the tie shall be decided in favour of the team with the best placed athlete. • Any team finishing with fewer than 3 (three) athletes in the Senior events or 2 (two) athletes in the Junior events shall not be counted in the teams classification but those athletes shall be included as if they had been participating as individuals. • In calculating teams’ scores, no adjustment to placings shall be made in respect of non scoring athletes or athletes participating as individuals. • A separate classification of all athletes in each event shall be compiled. The team having the best aggregate score from all 5 (five) events shall receive a cup to be provided by the European Athletics (European Athletics Regulation 812.3.2). 8.5 Competition Clothing Competitors must wear the Federation’s official team clothing. IAAF Rule 8 &143 will be strictly applied. Please make sure to follow the IAAF Advertising Regulations (version 2009). Clothing and items not conforming to this rule and the current IAAF Advertising Regulations will be removed or taped at the call room. The European Athletics has a record of the Team vests of all Member Federations on the European Athletics website. If the uniform displayed on the website differs from your current official uniform, a full set of photographs must be provided to the European Athletics by Friday 15 th May at the latest (preferably in an electronic version): • JPEG file, maximum resolution and size 300 dpi / 500KB • Compressed ZIP file, if possible • Mail to: competition@european-athletics.org • Otherwise, the existing records will be used as reference Team clothing must be uniform. A competitor wearing any other clothing will have no access to the competition area and will not be allowed to compete. This rule applies both to competition clothing (vest, shorts and tights) as well as to tracksuits. Metz 2009 Team Manual Page 18/25
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