Technical

Committee Report

XXXIV World Triathlon Congress

Virtual

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Contents

01 Committee Members

02 Assignment of Technical Delegates & Officials

03 Technical Officials Certification

04 Clarification & Interpretation of Rules

05 Rule Exceptions

06 Review of ‘new’ equipment

07 Competition Formats

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Committee Members

Chair: Jaime Cadaval (MEX)

Deputy Chair: Howard Vine (GBR)

Committee Members: Jorge Garcia (ESP)

Lyndell Murray (AUS)

Ricardo Neves (BRA)

Kiriyo Suzuki (JPN)

Bela Varga (HUN)

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A Special thanks to the World Triathlon Sport Department and Board Members:

Sport Department: Gergely Markus (HUN)

Thanos Nikopoulos (GRE)

Enrique Quesada (ESP)

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Board Liaison: Leslie Buchanan (CAN)

Miles Stewart (AUS)

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Assignment of Technical Delegates & Officials�Key Projects & Achievements

• Technical Delegates and Technical Officials’ Assignments for World Triathlon and other Major events.
• Dealing with date changes, TD, ATD and TO replacements as necessary for several events.
• Selection of TO reserves for Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Assignment of Technical Delegates & Officials�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Collaborate with World Triathlon Sports Department for the successful outcome of World Triathlon World Championships, WTS, WC, Continental Championships, Major Games, Multisport and all other World Triathlon sanctioned events.

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Technical Officials Certification�Key Projects & Achievements

• Technical Officials certification, evaluation and education.
• TO eligibility for different level seminars.
• Annual TO’s certification lists approval – extension of event validation periods

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Technical Officials Certification�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Updates and improvements to CRM, EOM and TO Certification courses.
• New TO Certification system.
• Review and accreditation of NF Technical Official certification programs.
• E-learning / WT webinars
• Sharing best practices and experience.

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Clarification & Interpretation of Rules�Key Projects & Achievements

• Clarification and Interpretation of rules.
• Discussion on other Technical matters.
• Review and approval of updated COVID-19 Guidelines for Event Organizers.
• Adjustments to Qualification rules and procedures due to COVID-19.

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Clarification & Interpretation of Rules�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Safety and fairness as principles for all
• World Triathlon rules and manuals.
• Proactive approach.
• Consistency on all decisions.

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Rule Exceptions�Key Projects & Achievements

• Dealing with specific rule exception requests, quota increases, deadline extensions and modified Timelines.
• Communication with other ITU Committees (coaches, athletes, medical, multisport, Paratriathlon, EB).
• Participation on the Crisis Advisory Groups for all World Triathlon events.

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Rule Exceptions�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Adaptation of new rules and new formats.
• Always be at the forefront.
• Review of new qualification criteria.
• Universality and gender balance principles.

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Review of ‘new’ Equipment�Key Projects & Achievements

• Review and approval of non traditional bike frames and new equipment (aerobars, shifters, wetsuits, gadgets, accessories) in accordance with World Triathlon rules.
• Working groups/panels for different cases to revise the appeal/protest processes.
• Consistency.
• Regular Zoom meetings.

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Review of ‘new’ Equipment�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Global Rules Harmonization work with NFs and other Global organisations: Ironman, Challenge, PTO, Powerman, XTerra.

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Competition Formats�Key Projects & Achievements

• Analysis and regulation of different competition formats.

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Competition Formats�Targets for Upcoming Season

• Innovation / Progress / Leadership
• Spectator and TV friendly sport.

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Thank you