Competition Jury — Technical Officials' Checklist

World Triathlon Technical Delegate will appoint the members of the Competition Jury based on the World Triathlon Competition Rules and arrange a suitable venue for any meetings.
The Competition Jury must be available prior to the Athletes’ Briefing until after the end of the competition.
The Competition Jury will meet, at minimum: After the race briefing; One hour before the start of the event; and after the last finisher completes the competition. Additional meetings will be required during an AG event.
The Competition Jury observes the principles described in the World Triathlon Competition Rules.
Protests will be filed in writing to the Head Referee, signed by the protester and will be accompanied by a fee of $50 USD or equivalent. It will be refunded if the protest is successful. If the appeal is denied, there will be no refund and the money will be retained by World Triathlon.
The protest can be filed within the time limits defined in the World Triathlon Competition Rules. At the Beginning of the Protest
The Competition Jury Chair is responsible for filing a written statement on all appeals and decisions reached.
The Chair of the Competition Jury decides if any member has a conflict of interest. The request for replacing a member can be made from a protester. Having someone coming from the same country is not necessarily a conflict of interest.
In the case of a conflict of interest, the Chair of the Competition Jury has to replace the member who has the conflict of interest, at his/her discretion. The Competition Jury will have the same number of members required according to the World Triathlon Competition Rules.
The Chair of the Competition Jury is deemed not to have a conflict of interest.
The protester and the accused and/or their coach or representative must be present. If the protester does not attend, the protest hearing may be postponed or cancelled. The Competition Jury will determine if absence from the hearing is valid.
Failure of any party to attend the hearing may justify the Competition Jury in making a decision without them.
If an official other than the Head Referee is involved in the protest, he/she should be invited to the hearing.
The Chair of the Competition Jury will invite all the involved parties to attend a meeting, and describe to them the process that will be followed, explain to them the protest process of the Competition Jury’s final decision and read to them the submitted protest form to confirm that there is no additional information to be included.
The hearing will not be open to the public; Persons attending the hearing, other than the protester with their witnesses or protestee with his/her witnesses and/or the Head Referee should be agreed to by all parties. The Hearing
The Chair will ask the protestee with his/her witnesses and/or the Head Referee to leave the room to allow the protester to explain their case.
Following this, the protestee with his/her witnesses and/or the Head Referee will present their case without the presence of the other party.
The protester and the accused will be given adequate time to give their accounts of the incident.
Witnesses (two each) may speak for three (3) minutes each.
The Competition Jury can ask for additional support or advice from additional sources, but this needs to be communicated to all parties. The Decision
Following this process, the Competition Jury will meet alone and make a decision by simple majority based on all the information presented.
The decision should be announced to all of the involved parties and the minutes from the hearing should be signed off by all members of the Competition Jury and sent to the World Triathlon Sport Department with the event’s post-race report. See Also: Rule 11 / 12 / 13 – World Triathlon Competition Rules