Slalom Racing Competition Rules

• Description: RICD
• State: CO
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/2000
• Author: International Canoe Federation
• Title: Slalom Racing Competition Rules
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

This rule does not apply in the case of a competitor
who leaves his /her country of origin to marry in another
country. He /she can, in this case, compete for his /her new
Federation without awaiting the delay of 2 years.
3.4. The first year a junior competitor can compete is the year in
which his /her 15th birthday falls and the last year he /she
may compete, as a junior is the year in which his /her 18th
birthday falls.
3.5 A master competitor can compete in a Masters event in a
year that he or she reaches the lower limit of the age
categories.
I.e. in the 35 -39 age group in the year of his or her
35th birthday. In events that have more than one competi-
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CHAPTER I. GENERALREGULATIONS
1. AIM tGRI
1.1 The object of Canoe /Kayak Slalom Racing competition is to
negotiate a rapid river course, defined by gates, without
fault, in the shortest possible time.
2. INTERNATIONALCOMPETITIONS IGRI
2.1. All competitions announced as international shall be
governed
by the rules of the ICF.
2.1.1. Competitions organised by a Federation or its affiliated
associations are always regarded as international if foreign
competitors are invited and participate.
2.2. An international competition must be supervised by at least
one judge who holds a valid card as an International Judge
Slalom (IJSL).
2.2.1. These officials are appointed by the Chairman of the SLC
from nominations submitted by the organisers.
2.2.1.1. The organising Federation pays for room and board for
these officials.
2.3. There are three types of international competitions:
Type A.
Exclusively for national teams.
Open to all Federations with a maximum of 6 boats per
event per Federation.
Type B
Exclusively for national teams. .
Upon invitation of the organiser, with a maximum of 6
boats per event per Federation.
Type C
Open to all Federations.
Number of competitors to be determined by the
organisers.
2.3.1. The start order for the competitors of type A B and C com
petitions are at the organiser's discretion.
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6.2. Team Events
(4 CAT RELAY SEE CHAPTER VII ARTICLE 45)
Women 3 x K1
Men 3 x K1
Men 3 x C1
Men 3 x C2
6.2.1. Teams may only be comprised of competitors who are
par-
ticipating in individual events.
6.2.2. A competitor may only participate in a single team event.
6.2.3. A competitor may participate in a team event different
from
his/her individual event.
6.2.4. Substitutions may be made for individual members of the
team between the first and second runs when the compet -
tion has two runs.
6.2.4.1. Only one boat of a team may be substituted.
6.2.4.2. This change must be communicated to the Starter in
writing.
6.2.5. In competition types A, B and C there may be, at the
organiser's
discretion, Junior events in any or all of the above
events.
6.3. Start Order jTR]
6.3.1. In the team events, the starting order is taken from the
average
results of the best three competitors of each
Federation in each event. The starting order is the reverse
order of these average results. In anomalous cases, the
team /s will start at the top of the list and are drawn, effect
of the organizer.
7. BOATS - PADDLES -ACCESSORIES IGRrrRI
7.1. Boat Specifications: tTRI
7.1.1. Measurements
All types of K1
Minimum length 4.00 m minimum width 0.60 m
All types of C1
Minimum length 4.00 m minimum width 0.70 m
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for in the boat the age of the younger competitor will control
the category in which a crew can compete. Age group
categories
will commence from age 35 -39 an increase in
upward in 5 year age brackets.
4. INTERNATIONALCOMPETITION CALENDAR IGRI
4.1. By the 1st of August of each year, Federations must send
to both the ICF H Q., and the Chairman of the Slalom
Committee, the international competitions which they plan
to hold in the following year.
4.1.1. Information shall include date, nation, venue and type (A,
B, or C) of the competition.
4.1.2. Federations may amend such submissions up to 30th
September that year. After that deadline, it will be considered
as finalised, and should be sent to the secretarial office
of the ICF to be published.
4.2. By the 1st of November, the international calendar is
published
in the ICF Bulletin, or by special circular.
5. MINIMUM PARTICIPATION ITRI
5.1. An individual or a team event cannot take place unless at
least 3 competitors or 3 teams from 2 different Federations
start in that event.
5.2. It is not necessary for the validity of the competition that all
3 competitors or all 3 teams finish.
CHAPTER II. CATEGORIES — BOAT - CONSTRUCTION -
TRADEMARKS
6. CATEGORIES KM, KW and CM. [GRI
6.1. Individual Events
Women K1
Men K1
Men C1
Men C2
6.1.1. A competitor may only participate in one single individual
event.
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7.4. Requirement for Olympic Games floc]
7.4.1. No form of publicity of propaganda, commercial or
otherwi -
se, may appear on sportswear, accessories or, more generally,
on any article of clothing or equipment whatsoever
worn or used by the athletes or other participants in the
Olympic Games, Boats, accessories and clothing may
carry trademarks, advertising symbols (with the exception
of tobacco products), emblems and words, except for the
identification of the article or equipment concerned, provided
that such identification shall not exceed a total area of
nine square centimetres.
7.4.2. The word "identification" means the normal display of the
name, designation, trademark, logo or any other distinctive
sign of the manufacturer of the item, appearing not more
than once per item.
7.4.3. The uniform of the competitors and all persons holding
an
official position may include the flag of their NOC Olympic
emblem or, with the consent of the OCOG, the OCOG
Olympic emblem. The ICF officials may wear the uniform
and the emblem of the International Federation.
7.4.4. Any boat, accessory, or article of clothing, which does not
comply with the above conditions, will be ineligible for use
during a competition. Teams are responsible for their own
equipment