2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama Paratriathlon Briefing - Wednesday, 12 May 2021
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2021 World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama Paratriathlon Briefing Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Agenda
§ Welcome and Introductions
§ Competition Jury
§ Athletes Committee Representatives
§ Schedules
§ Check-in and Procedures
§ The Course
§ Post-race Procedures
§ Weather Forecast
§ Water Quality
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Welcome & Introductions
§ Shin Otsuka (JPN), World Triathlon VP, Asia Triathlon Secretary General, JTU
CEO
§ Kris Gemmel (NZL), World Triathlon Championship Series Head of Marketing
§ Thanos Nikopoulos (GRE), World Triathlon Head of Operations/ Team Leader
§ Melody Tan (MAS), World Triathlon Technical Delegate
§ Jorge Garcia (ESP), World Triathlon Head Referee
§ Dr. Ryoji Kasanami (JPN), World Triathlon Medical Delegate
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Competition Jury
§ Melody Tan (MAS), Chair
§ Kris Gemmel (NZL), World Triathlon Representative
§ Shin Otsuka (JPN), Asia Triathlon Representative
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Athletes Committee
Tamas Toth (HUN) Claire Michel (BEL) Ai Ueda (JPN)
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Schedules – Registration Thursday, 13 May 2021 6
Before coming to registration
- All athletes are required to sign the agreement online via their personal
access to the backend of triathlon.org prior to the first World Triathlon
event they are willing to compete at.
- All athletes, guides, personal handlers, coaches and team medical must
complete online the pre-event COVID-19 screening process
https://triathlon.org/pre_event_covid_19_screening_guide?mc_cid=190ed
f69ae&mc_eid=e189c58d9b
- Without completing online both of the processes above, you will not be
allowed to compete.
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Registration
Thursday, 13 May
Paratriathlon registration is at Hotel New Grand and Elite athletes at
Workpia Yokohama
• Groups E, F 08:30 till 09:30
• Groups A, B 10:00 till 11:00
• Groups C, D 16:00 till 17:00
Collect race pack. Items as per Competition rules
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Schedules – Swim Familiarization Friday, 14 May 2021 9
Swim Familiarization
Friday, 14 May from 13:00 till 16:00
- Groups E, F 13:00 till 14:00
- Groups A, B 14:00 till 15:00
- Groups C, D 15:00 till 16:00
Athletes must follow this process:
- Enter Athlete Lounge for ID and
temperature check
- PCR test (including all Team Staff)
- Changing tent near pontoon
- Swim familiarization
IMPORTANT : No swimming in harbour other than at the above mentioned times.
10Schedules
Saturday, 15 May
06:50 - 09:10 World Triathlon Para Series
– no access on bike course during this time
11Schedules
Saturday, 15 May
05:30 - 06:30 Athletes’ lounge check-in
05:40 - 06:40 Transition check-in
06:10 – 06:35 PTS/PTVI run course warm up
06:15 - 06:40 Swim warm up
06:45 Athletes’ introductions
06:40 – 07:15 PTWC warm up on rollers at transition spot
06:50 Race Start – PTS5 M
06:51 Race Start – PTVI1 M/W
06:54:21 Race Start – PTV2/3 M
06:54:48 Race Start – PTVI2/3 W
07:05 Race Start – PTS3/4/5 W
07:10 Race Start – PTS2/3/4 M
07:11 Race Start – PTS2 WSchedules Saturday, 15 May 07:30 Race Start – PTWC1 M/W 07:33:08 Race Start – PTWC2 M 07:34:04 Race Start – PTWC2 W After you finish your race proceed for your PCR Test. Coaches/ Team medical can go their test inside the coaches’ area Race cut off 2 hours after the start of your wave – NC in results 15:30 Medal ceremony Yamashita Park
Access to Athlete Area Saturday, 15 May 14
Pre-transition & Line Up
Check-in Procedures
Athletes’ Lounge
Come with your registered Handler/Guide
• Uniform & Body decal check
• Swim cap distribution according to your swim exit needs
• 2 Timing chips
• Wave number written on left hand
• Registration of equipment for pre-transition area
• Registration of spare wheels for wheel station
• Leave bags in the Athletes’ Lounge, they will be transferred to Recovery
• Bag storageSwim Cap Colours
• PTWC –
• PTS2/PTS3/PTS4/PTS5 – / /
• PTVI1 –
• PTVI2/3 –
• PTVI GUIDE –Timing Chips – how to wear
PTWC:
• 1 on the handcycle (rear axle - safety bar)
• 1 on the wheelchair (close to the front fork)
PTS2/PTS3/PTS4/PTS5:
• Double amputees : Bike prosthesis + Run prosthesis
• Single amputees : Existing ankle + Bike prosthesis
• No amputation : Both ankles
PTVI: 1 on Athlete ankle, 1 on Guide ankleAllow Equipment - Uniform
Swim
• Leg and arm covers are allowed
• Wetsuits up to 5mm thickness
• Vest warmers are NOT allowed
• Gloves are NOT permitted
• Any part of the body maybe covered except the face, hands and feet
• No prosthesis socks, unless the pins are adequately covered. This will be checked
• PTVI 1 athletes must wear black-out goggles during the swim and can only be
removed once the bike position has been reached in transitionAllow Equipment - Uniform Run & Bike • Athletes can wear long sleeved shirt under their uniform – it must be worn for the entire event • PTWC athletes can wear uniform with sleeves extending from the shoulder up to but not covering the elbow • Arm covers can be worn and can be removed during the event BUT only in Transition. Removal elsewhere during the race will lead to DSQ • If you prefer to wear a jacket during the event, it must be • PTVI 1 athletes must wear black-out glasses on the bike and run segments
Transition Area
• A chair will be provided for each of the athletes (except PTWC)
• To add anything to the bike, approval is to be obtained from the Head
Referee during Registration
• Only Athletes and their Handlers will be allowed into the transition
• Running shoes on the ground, helmet on the bike
• Do not leave your helmet strap fastened in the transition
Athlete who does not comply with this rule will receive a 10
second time penalty in TA1
• Spare wheels collected at bike check and returned to Athletes’ Lounge
after the raceThe Course
Swim
1 Lap of 750m
Bike
4 Laps of 5km = 20km
Run
PTWC: 1 lap of 5km
PTS2/PTS3/PTS4/PTS5/PTVI: 3 laps of 1.66km = 4.98kmPre-Start Procedure
Athletes’ Introduction
• 10 minutes before the start, line up before entrance to pontoon
• Wear official swim cap, 2nd swim cap unbranded
• Introduction order: PTS5M, PTVI/ All standing categories/ PTWC
• Wave number, then category, then race number
• Move to the swim start pontoon when you are introduced. Remove the
mask before entering the pontoon.
• Leave your prosthesis, crutches, etc. at pre-transition to the numbered
chair according to the last digit of your race number
• Officials can assist you to the start pontoon
• Select your position and sit on the pontoon. Please remain there until
instructed to enter the waterAthletes’ introduction
Pre-Start Procedure
Waves Starts
• Interval Start System PTVI & PTWC
• Each wave will start at an exact time
• Please follow instructions promptly
Water temperature limit for wetsuit use: 24.6º
PTWC wetsuit bottoms always allowed if the swim takes placeStart Procedures for Waves Athletes in position in the water: • Deep water start • One hand on the pontoon • The start can be given any time after the Starter announces “On your mark” • Electronic horn blasts • The race starts
False Start Procedure
False start with many athletes:
• Several electronic horn blasts
• Kayaks in front of you
• Everyone goes back to his or her original start spot
Valid start but with early starters:
• If someone starts before the horn and everyone else starts with the
horn, the false starter will receive a time penalty of 10 seconds in T1
During the time penalty the athlete cannot touch any race equipmentSwim Course
• Today at 10:30
ü Water temperature 18.0°C
ü Air temperature 20.0°C
ü WBGT 19.9°C
ü Relative Humidity 43.0 %
Final decision 1 hour before race start
• 1 lap of 750m (total distance of 750m) – clockwise
• Distance to the first turn buoy 310m
• Pass all buoys on the right shoulder
• Raise arm in air if assistance required
• Swim behaviour will be closely monitored and recorded by water based and
Video Review officials
• Take wetsuit, cap, goggles to transition into the box
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Swim Course
PTVI Swim Conduct
• Each athlete must be tethered to their own
guide during the swim.
• At no time may a guide lead or pace the
competitor nor propel them forward by
pulling or pushing.
• The guide must swim next to the athlete
within a maximum separation distance of 1.5m
from the athlete’s head to the .
• The tether should be elastic rope with bright
or reflective colour and up to 0.8m long
measured with no tension. It can be fixed at
Drawing not to scale
any point of the athletes' body.
head can be at any point with the two red hemispheres next to the athlete, as shown
above, if outside these areas, it will be considered as a violation.Swim Exit Handling
Swim exit handling only by the LOC Swim Exit Assistants
They will provide support to all athletes according to their swim caps colour.
No Personal Handlers allowed to assist at Swim Exit.Pre-transition
• Athletes’ registered equipment (prosthesis, crutches, day chairs)
• Folding chairs with numbers - athletes must leave their prosthesis or
crutches at the chair with the same number as the last digit of their race
number
• Athletes from PTVI are not allowed to use the pre-transition area
• Only PTWC Handlers are allowed in this area
• PTWC athletes must transfer in a daily wheelchair from pre-transition
to transitionPre-transition
• No wetsuit removal by TOs and volunteers
• No athletes’ equipment can be left in the pre-transition area, once the
athlete exits the pre-transition area
• Adapted cleats and bike shoes with non-exposed cleats are allowed
provided the cleats are covered or enclosed by anti-slip material
• PTS2 to PTS5 with an absent lower limb must use a prosthesis or crutches
between pre-transition and transition. Hopping on one leg is not allowed.Pre-transition to Transition
are drawn on the
ground at the point where the
incline starts and ends, PTWC
Handlers may push athletes
between the twoTransition 1
• Individual bike racks
• Name, number, country code and flag
• All mobility equipment shall remain within the assigned space in transition.
Used swim caps, goggles, wetsuits, tethers in the box Failure to do so = 10
second penalty on run
• Mount line at the end of transition (GREEN LINE)
• PTWC shall stop at mount line and wait TO signal to start
• PTWC athletes must put the bib at the back of the handcyclePTS3 PTVI
PTS2 PTS5
PTWC PTS4
TransitionPTWC Handcycle Mount
GO!Bike Course • 4 laps of 5km (total distance of 20km) • Only come into Yamashita Park on the final lap for T2 • Flat, reasonably technical • Draft illegal race • 1 Wheel Station (approx. 2km into lap) • Bike Penalty Box located just after the wheel station • Ride on the left, pass on the right • Littering zones = PTWC Run Aid Stations
Bike Course PTWC handbikes: New Rule: Paratriathletes must ensure that their lower limbs have enough support/bracing/foot rest to prevent them from dragging or making contact with the ground during the event;
Bike Course
Caution signal: sharp whistles and or red flags 42
Bike Draft Zone
• Legal distance: 10m between bikes (from front wheel to their front wheel)
• Maximum 20 seconds allowed to pass
• Blue Card for drafting offence
• In case of penalty, stop at the Bike Penalty Box – 1 minute
• Not stopping or second drafting offence – DSQ
• It is the athletes responsibility to stop at the Bike Penalty Box – numbers
not posted on board
• Dismount the bike and inform the Bike Penalty Box TO your race number,
the number of penalties to serve, and the colour of card receivedBike Draft Zone
• Legal distance:
10m from front wheel to front wheel
20 seconds to overpassBike Littering
for littering offence
• In case of penalty, stop at the Bike Penalty Box – 10 sec
• It is the athlete’s responsibility to stop at the Penalty Box – numbers not
posted on board
• Dismount the bike and inform the Bike Penalty Box TO your race number, the
number of penalties to serve, and the colour of card received
• 2 accumulated drafting time penalties = DSQPTWC Handlers Direction after T1&T2
• Personal Handlers moving to the Wheel Stop should inform the TOs that
they are going there
• Remove all your athlete’s equipment after Transition 2 to designated area
• Proceed to finish line via Recovery area, off the FOP
• Do not go down the finish chuteTransition 2
• All mobility equipment shall remain within the assigned space in transition. Used
helmets, sunglasses in the box
• Failure to do so = 10 second penalty on run
• Dismount line at the beginning of transition (RED LINE)
• PTWC shall stop at dismount line and wait TO signal to start
• PTS2-S5 & PTVI must dismount before the dismount line
• PTWC athletes must put the bib at the back of the racing wheelchair
• LOC will remove PTS5, PTVI & PTS4 athletes’ bikes and equipment from Transition
after T2 to designated areaPTS5, PTVI & PTS4 Bikes Removal
Run Course
PTWC
• 1 lap of 5km
PTS2 - S5 & PTVI
• 3 laps of 1.66km (total distance of 4.98km)
• Aid Stations and Littering Zones
• For location see map
• Sealed water (with caps removed before need)
• Discard bottles and litter in the Littering Zones as indicated by the following signs
• Don’t cut the cornersRun Course PTWC
Run Course PTS2-S5 & PTVI
PTVI Free Leading Zones
VI =
PTVI Free
Leading
Zones
Free leading from pre-
transition to swim
exit, from swim exit
to transition
VI
VI VI
VI
VI
VI VI
VI
VIRun Penalty Box
• Penalty box is for infringements in: Swim, TA1, Bike, TA2 and Run
• eg: swim conduct, mount before mount line, dismount after dismount line,
equipment outside your box, rack the bike outside your own space, littering
outside the littering zone, etc.
• Location: Before entering the finish chute
• Information: White board to show race numbers (and letter)
(Athletes need to read the board)
• Procedure: 10 second time penalty served on any lap of the runRun Penalty Box
• Penalties must be posted prior to the last lap on the run. Any penalties following
that point will be served on the spot.
• Athletes have the option to decide whether to stop at the penalty box and serve
the penalty or continue to the finish. Not stopping will result in DSQ on
crossing the finish line. The athlete may then appeal the penalty. Evidence will
only be made available if an appeal is filed.Run Penalty Box
If you incur a penalty, you will find your number plus a letter code indicating the
nature of the infraction:
D = Dismount Line Violation S = Swim Conduct
M = Mount Line violation E = Equipment Outside Box
L = Littering V = Other Violations
For example:
12D….athlete #12 received a time penalty for a dismount line violation
12 x 2 ME…athlete #12 received 2 time penalties for mount line and equipment
outside the box violations
55Post Race Procedures
• Photo-finish
• No congestion in the finish area: go to PCR test/recovery area
• For Top 3 and Series Leaders
• TV/Flash Interviews
• Medal Ceremony
• For awards, dress “up” – with race uniform (or country clothes)
Ambush marketing rules apply
• Prize money will be wire transferred to the athletes
56Medal Ceremony
• Everyone keep his/her mask on the whole time. No photo without mask.
• No flowers.
• No beer celebration. But a glass of beer will be on the podium (gold
medalist only).
• 1 hostess/volunteer with face shield/mask and gloves to prepare and hold
the tray with the medal and trophy to each athlete
• Each athlete is taking on his/her own the medal/trophy/sash.
• National anthem and flags raising as per usual.
• No handshaking/ hugs
57Ambush Marketing Rules
• Ambush marketing is defined as:
“Deliberately using the opportunity of live television and media
photographers to expose the sponsor logos larger than the approved
sizes, and/or equipment or objects not provided by LOC or World
Triathlon.”
• The consequence for this behaviour is that the athlete will
immediately forfeit their prize money for that event, if any
• Please follow the ambush marketing rule
58Post Race Procedures Anti-Doping Control • Photo ID is needed for every athlete to go for testing. The tests will be carried out at Hotel New Grand. Team Medical Access • Only team medical will be allowed to enter the medical tent after World Triathlon Medical Delegate’s permission. • Every NF can have 1 team medical accreditation. Team doctors should register with the World Triathlon Medical Delegate. 59
Coaches Areas 60
Coaches Area
Coaches accreditations will only be distributed to those coaches whose National
Federations registered them through the online system
They will have access to:
• Athletes’ Lounge/Post Recovery Area
• Penalty Box Area
61Coaches Run Access
• One coach per NF is allowed to have access on the site run course for 30 minutes
from 9:15 after the paratriathlon event, in a time when course is properly setup
and secured.
• Vests are provided to those coaches from the LOC.
• All coaches will start at the same time from the same start point (meeting point)
at Transition.
• Coaches who require this access, must register with the technical officials during
registration.Podium Athletes
Presentation at 15:30
Please be at the Athletes Lounge by 15:00
RecoveryHandlers Notes
• Personal handers are specifically allowed to assist paratriathletes by:
ü Helping with prosthetic devices/assistive devices
ü Lifting the participants in and out of handcycles and wheelchairs
ü Removing wetsuits or clothing
ü Repairing flats, punctures and helping with other equipment
• All handlers shall be subjected to the World Triathlon Competition Rules
• Any action taken by the Handler which propels the competitor forward may
at the discretion of the Head Referee, be grounds for a time penalty or
disqualification
• Personal handlers can only assist with their athlete
• World Triathlon has to approve the need of handlers for the PTS2, PTS3,
PTS4 and PTS5 athletesEvacuation Plan
Earthquake
or
Tsunami
Alert
Swimming or near the main venue Hotel New Grand
Biking in the Minatomirai area World Porters
Proceed up more than 3 floors
Leave your bike
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Weather Forecast 67
Water Quality
Enterococci E.Coli PH
NMP/10 NMP/10 April 23
April 23 April 23
0mL 0mL
Location 1 8.3
Location 1 3 Location 1 1
Location 2 8.3
Location 2 1 Location 2 1
Location 3 8.3
Location 3 5 Location 3 2
PH limit 6-9
Enterococci EnterococciSafeguarding
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69Anti-doping World Triathlon has identified various levels of its Education Pool as its Registered Testing Pool (RTP) athletes, Testing Pool (TP) athletes, accredited coaches for its World Cup and World Triathlon Championships Series events as well as athletes qualified to go to 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The below need to complete their respective course by 30th of June 2021: •RTP athletes must complete WADA’s ADEL for Registered Testing Pool Athletes course •TP athletes must complete the WADA “International-Level Athletes Education Program” course •Athletes attending the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games must complete WADA’s ADEL for Tokyo 2020 Olympics course •High Performance Coaches and National accredited Elite Coaches who would like to be accredited for the World Triathlon Events must complete WADA’s High Performance Coaches course Certificate of completion needs to be submitted to World Triathlon at antidoping@triathlon.org 70
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