3 ibu event and competition rules - International Biathlon Union

IBU EVENT AND COMPETITION RULES 3during the official training. Men or women may not participate in officialtraining and zeroing of the respective other gender; however, the RD/TD is authorized to permit mixed training on competition days when thisis in the best interest of the competitors and the OCs. The training bibsassigned by the IBU, if in use at the event, must be worn only by theassigned competitors during all training, and by the assigned team staffand service firm personnel skiing on the course at any time during theevent. At IBU events bibs may not be transferred to other persons.5.1.3 Types of Training“Official training” is the period of time that the OC must provide fortraining on the facility. The facility must be prepared the same as forthe competition. “Unofficial training” is the time that the OC allows fortraining on the facility in addition to official training, when the facilitydoes not have to be prepared as for the competition. OCs should allowas much time as is possible in the event program for unofficial training– if necessary, shooting lanes will be allocated for teams as for officialtraining, as directed by the TD.5.2 OFFICIAL TRAININGAt all IBU events, the competition facility and courses must be open forinspection and official training at least once before the first competition.The facilities and courses must be prepared as for the competition andthe training must be held at the same time of day as the competitionitself. Each subsequent competition should also be preceded by officialtraining unless it is not possible in the event program or due to othercircumstances.After 20 minutes, metal and paper targets will be used and the choice ofshooting lanes will be free, until the end of the training period; however,the paper targets will be reserved for the assigned NF(s) for a further 25minutes. When the metal targets are opened for Mass Start, Relays andPursuit official training, the odd-numbered shooting lanes will be set toprone and the even-numbered lanes will be set to standing.5.3 RIFLE ZEROING5.3.1 Zeroing TimePrior to the start of a competition, competitors must be given theopportunity to zero their rifles on paper targets at the shooting rangeIBU RULES 3-47