Chapter 11: Technical Officials — World Triathlon Competition Rules

11.1 General p. 85

a.) The duties of the Technical Officials are to conduct the competition are in accordance with the World Triathlon Competition Rules;
b.) World Triathlon Technical Officials are:
(i) Technical Officials;
(ii) Para triathlon Specific Technical Officials;
(iii) Chair of the Competition Jury.
c.) Technical Officials must be at least 19 years old on the 31st of December in the year of the competition they are working on;
d.) To hold a competition under these Competition Rules, it is necessary to have the presence of:
(i) A Technical Delegate; and
(ii) A Head Referee.

11.2 World Triathlon Technical Officials p. 85

a.) The Technical Officials at all World Triathlon competitions are:
(i) The World Triathlon Technical Delegate (TD) ensures all aspects of the World Triathlon Competition Rules and World Triathlon Event Organisers' Manual are fulfilled. Local Organising Committees will modify the competition conditions, as per the indications of the Technical Delegate at any time. Accredited coaches will be informed about the modifications;
(ii) The Assistant Technical Delegate (ATD) assists the Technical Delegate with his/her duties;
(iii) The Head Referee checks the certification of the Technical Officials, makes the results official by signing them and makes final judgments on rule violations;
(iv) The Chief Race Official (CRO) assigns and monitors the work of all Technical Officials;
(v) Technical Officials are assigned to Registration, Start, Finish, Transition Area(s), Pretransition Area, Post-Transition Area, Swim, Swim exit, Bike, Run, Wheel Stations, Aid Stations, Technology, Penalty boxes, Lap Counter, Protocol, Race Control Office, Video Review, and Vehicle Control. An adequate number of Technical Officials will be assigned to each area and will be responsible for the enforcement of World Triathlon Competition Rules within their assigned jurisdiction. A Technical Official may be assigned in more than one position. Additional positions may be created if necessary;
(vi) Technical Officials can be accredited as Bike Check Officials to conduct technological fraud control. Complete procedure can be found in Appendix N;
(vi) The Competition Jury is appointed by the Technical Delegate;
(vili) The World Triathlon Medical Delegate, appointed by the World Triathlon Medical and Anti-Doping Committee, is responsible for all medical and anti-doping issues on behalf of World Triathlon;
(ix) The Technical Delegate and the Head Referee of same event cannot be linked by a 1st degree relationship.

11.3 Para triathlon Specific Technical Officials p. 86

a.) The Chief Classifier is a classifier responsible for the direction, administration, coordination and implementation of classification matters;
b.) Classifiers will be responsible for determining the Sport Class and Sport Class Status of the Para triathletes from PTS2 to PTS5, PTWC1 and PTWC2 Para triathletes;
c.) Classifiers certified by the International Blind Sports Federation and International Paralympic Committee will be responsible to determine the sport class and sport class status of the PTVI1, PTVI2 and PTVI3 Para triathletes;
d.) World Triathlon Para triathlon Classification Rules are included in Appendix G.

11.4 Technology Tools p. 86

a.) Technical Officials may use any kind of electric, electronic, magnetic, or other technological support to acquire data or evidence on rule infractions as supporting evidence.

11.5 Volunteer Certification p. 86

a.) All volunteers, who are assigned to areas of responsibility on the Field of Play, must be educated to World Triathlon's minimum standard. Education kits obtained from World Triathlon will cover key areas of Field of Play responsibility.

11.6 Health:

a.) World Triathlon encourages Technical Officials to undergo an annual health evaluation.

11.7 Technical Officials' Certification p. 86

a.) All documents related to the procedures and regulations on Technical Officials' certification as well as the list of certified Technical Officials can be found under http://www.triathlon.org/development/technical officials/certification

11.8 Eligibility International Technical Officials p. 86

a.) A Technical Official (TO) can be affiliated to any National Federation (NF) according to eligibility conditions of each National Federation in terms of nationality, residence, age or any other may applied;
b.) Only one affiliation will be recognised by World Triathlon;
c.) If a TO listed as an international TO (level 1, 2 and 3a and 3b) within World Triathlon wishes to move from one NF to another NF, he/she is required to introduce an international transfer to World Triathlon;
d.) To get an international transfer, the application must be signed by the NF from which the TO wants to transfer and by the NF to which the TO wants to transfer;
e.) When a TO applies for an international transfer, the NF from which he/she is transferring from, in signing the transfer application, shall be deemed to have confirmed that there is no reason for them to prevent the TO from transferring to the new NF;
f.) The application for international transfer of NF shall be introduced between 1st of November and the 31st of December in any calendar year;
g.) When both NFs approve the transfer, the TO will change NF on the international level from the 15th of January in the following year;
h.) When only the receiving NF approve the transfer, the TO will change NF on the international level from the 15th of January in the second following year;
i.) In the meantime, the TO can continue to act as an international TO under the World Triathlon flag, without representing any NF. World Triathlon will take care of the necessary administration, so he/she can continue acting as international TO;
j.) Any appeal from any parties regarding the international transfer process is to be addressed to the World Triathlon Tribunal.