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Team Captains' Meeting 17.8.2024, 18:00

21. Team Captains’ Meeting
22. 17.8.2024. 18:00
23.  
24. 1 Opening              
25. 2        Presence
26. 3        Organizer
27. 4        Jury
28. 5        Weather Forecast
29. 6        Entries and Start List
30. 7        Race track
31. 8        Maintenance
32. 9        Safety
33. 10      Roller Skis and Transbonders
34. 11      Service
35. 12      Training on the track
36. 13      TD:s instructions
37. 14      Organizer’s instructions

Organizer

Chief of Competition                                Kari Ahonen

Race secretary                                         Ulla Pakarinen

Chief of Safety                                          Tomi Rinta-Jaskari

Cief of track                                              Janne Aumakallio

First Aid                                                    Antti Jarva

Jury

TD                                                                   

TDA                                     Jukka Rasimus

Chief of Competition          Kari Ahonen

Race Scretary                     Ulla Pakarinen

Entries and Start List

Startlist is composed in elite series as follows: Visma Ski Classics rankin order, FIS points order, lotted

Recreational series: FIS points, lotted

Elite Men 60km                                              

Elite Women  60km                                   

Recreational Men 60km                               

Recreational Women  60km

Elite Men 30km                                              

Elite Women  30km                                   

Recreational Men 30km                               

Recreational Women  30km

Maintenance

Brushing to morrow morning

Safety

21. Covers of wells are painted with bright yellow
22. Cracks are also painted with yellow
23. Track limits in streets are painted with orange or red
24. Track quidance mostly with blue V-boards
25. Warning signs before turns 100m and 50m; challencing with red arrow and normal with gren arrow
26. Warning by whistle behind the ice-hockey hall when coming across Lammassaarentie
27. Don’t rush in challenging turns, be patient

Roller Skis and Transbonders

21. Elite series: Marwe zero-wheel, giving beginning at 9:00
22. Recreational series: Marwe zero-wheel or own calssic skis, giving 9:00
23. Transbonders to elite series, giving beginnin at 9:00
24. A good way is to take first the bib number, then the skis and then the transbonder, at the same
25. Not returned skis 600€ and transbonder 100€.

• Service

Service is allowed everywhere where it is safe

• Organizers drinking is at the roller ski stadium, there is water and juice
• No poles by organizer
• The Jury can deny service in any palce if it is necessary because of the safety

• Training on the track
• The traffic equipment will be set up to morrow morning so that it is ready at 9:30.
• Before that, at any time, the tarck is a common traffic area and the traffic rules must be obey
• Course is safe and ready at 9:30

• TD:s Instructions
• The FIS rules
• Protest time 15 min, payment 100 € race office

Classical Technique  
Perinteinen hiihtotapa
Skiing rules

ICR 310.2.2.1

21. Classical technique includes the Diagonal Stride techniques, the double poling techniques, herringbone techniques without a gliding phase and turning techniques. 
22.  Perinteinen hiihtotapa käsittää vuorohiihdon, tasatyönnön, haarakäynnin ilman liukuvaihetta ja käännökset

ICR 310.2.2.3

21. Turning techniques comprise of steps with the inner and pushes with the outer ski in order to change skiing direction. The sections of the course where turning techniques are allowed must be clearly marked. 
22. Käännökset koostuvat sisäsuksen askelista ja ulkosuksen työnnöistä suunnan muuttamiseksi. Radan osat, missä käännöstekniikka on sallittu, tulee selvästi merkitä. 

ICR 310.2.2.4

21. Where there are one or more set tracks, repeatedly changing or stepping in and out of tracks is not allowed.  
22. Toistuvat vaihdokset ladulta pois ja takaisin eivät ole sallittuja

ICR 310.2.2.5

21. Single or double-skating is not allowed.

Yksi- tai kaksipuolinen luistelu on kielletty

Pole lenght ICR 343.8.1

21. In classical technique competitions, the maximum pole length must not exceed 83% of the competitor’s body height. In free technique competitions, the maximum pole length must not exceed 100% of the competitor’s height. The body height is measured with ski boots on from a flat surface, to the top of the uncovered head. The pole length is measured from the bottom of the pole to the highest attachment of the strap. All measurements will be rounded to the nearest centimeter as follows: less than 0.5 cm will be rounded down and 0.5 cm and above will be rounded up.

Perinteisen hiihtotavan kilpailussa saa sauvan pituus olla enintään 83 % hiihtäjän pituudesta. Vapaan hiihtotavan kilpailussa voi sauvan pituus olla enintään sama kuin hiihtäjän oma pituus. Kilpailijan pituus mitataan hänen seistessään hiihtokengät jalassa tasomaisella alustalla, paljaan pään ylimmän kohdan etäisyytenä tasosta. Sauvan pituus mitataan sauvan alapäästä hihnan ylimpään kiinnityskohtaan. Kaikki mittaustulokset pyöristetään lähimpään täyteen senttiin siten, että alle 0,5 cm

21. Organizer’s Instructions
22.  
23. Transbonders 1h before start, make sure to have it with you in the start
24. If the competitor has not started the last round before 2:00 pm, he/she will be flagged out
25. Winner’s interviews right after finishing in finish area
26. Prize giving seremony 15min after the race end and when the results are official
27. Three best get the prize in all series

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