IUF Rulebook 2

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Judges and Officials Rules

Track Officials

Track Director

  1. The Track Director is the head organizer and administrator of track events. The Track Director is the highest authority on everything to do with the track events, except for decisions on rules and results.

  2. The Track Director is responsible for the logistics and equipment for all track events.

  3. With the Referee, the Track Director is in charge of keeping events running on schedule, and answers all questions not pertaining to rules and judging.

  4. With the Referee, the Track Director may decide to stop a race for serious reasons and classify the remaining riders in the race as not finished. In extreme situations, the Track Director together with the Referee may also decide to stop or cancel entire competitions. As this is a serious decision, it may only be done if there is no other reasonable option.

Referee

  1. The Referee is the head track official. The Referee is responsible for making sure that the competition rules are observed and for deciding on all related questions that arise during the event. This applies in particular to the handling of protests, as well as to questions of interpretation of the rules.

  2. The Referee has full control and authority over all judges and must instruct them on all details and regulations related to the competition.

  3. The Referee must ensure that all necessary judges are on their assigned places. The Referee may replace absent, incapacitated or inadequate judges with others and may appoint additional judges. The Referee must ensure that the judges do not interfere in the competition in a biased manner.

  4. The Referee can ban persons from the competition venue for the duration of the competition, if they significantly disturb the execution of the competition.

  5. The Referee has the exclusive right to disqualify riders in case of violations of the competition rules, with the exception of violations concerning the start (2B.7.1). Violations of the competition rules can be determined by their own observations or in reports of the responsible judges. Violations of the competition rules have to be reported to the referee with the following information: Position and name of the judge, competition, heat number, lane number and/or start number of the rider, as well as a clear description of the violation.

Starter

  1. The Starter starts races and calls riders back in the event of false starts. The Responsibilities follow from the text in The Start, Starting and False Start, False Starts.

  2. If a verbal (spoken) count is used, the time between (the start of) each of these elements must be the same, and approximately 1 second. Starters should practice this before the races begin. Timing of the count is very important for an accurate start. This count are to be given in English at Unicon or international competitions. At other competitions, English is optional.

  3. The Starter checks riders for correct unicycles and safety equipment and will remove from the starting line-up any riders not properly equipped to race, including riders with dangerously loose shoelaces.

  4. The starter has to take a position for the start from which the starter has an unobstructed view of the riders and the start command and signal can be easily perceived by the riders.

Timekeeper

  1. The Timekeeper is responsible for the conformity to the rules and the functioning of the timing system.

  2. If a fully automatic timing and photo finish system is used, before the start of an event the Timekeeper must perform a zero control test to ensure that the system is started automatically by the starter’s signal within the limit identified in rule 2D.9 (i.e. equal to or less than 0.001 second).

  3. The Timekeeper supervises the timing system and if a fully automatic timing and photo finish system is used, makes sure that the camera is correctly aligned.

  4. The Timekeeper (in conjunction with an adequate number of assistants) must determine the official times of the riders. The timekeeper must ensure that these results are correctly entered in or transferred to the competition results system.

Finish Line Judge

  1. The Finish Line Judge determines whether riders cross the finish line properly, according to the rules.

  2. In all races in which remounting after a dismount is allowed, one or more Finish Line Judges are required at the finish line to judge dismounts. The Finish Line Judges are the voice of authority on whether riders must remount and cross the finish line again. Any riders affected must be clearly and immediately signaled to return to a spot before the finish line, remount without overlapping the finish line, then ride across it again. The path for backing up must be made clear by the Finish Line Judge and may involve going around any finish line timing or optical equipment to prevent data problems for other riders in the race.

  3. The Finish Line Judge can be assigned the task by the referee to document the running-in order. At least two Finish Line Judges should be assigned for this purpose if necessary.

Lane Judge

  1. The Lane Judge observes the adherence to the corresponding competition rules during the race. Sufficient number of Lane Judges are to be appointed according to the discipline to guarantee a complete supervision of the adherence to all rules on all lanes.

  2. The Lane Judge observes at lane-bound races in particular that no rider leaves his lane and at non-lane-bound races that the riders respect the rules for overtaking and the minimum distances.

  3. The Lane Judge observes in the one-foot race whether the riders take a foot off a pedal in time at the 5 m line. A Lane Judge should supervise a maximum of two lanes without technical aids.

  4. The Lane Judge observes during the relay that the takeover of the baton is carried out according to the rules.

Technical Discipline Judge

  1. The Technical Discipline Judge supervises the adherence to the corresponding competition rules in the Technical Disciplines according to 2B.8 and the corresponding subchapters.

  2. The Technical Discipline Judge must score and record all attempts of the athletes in the Technical Disciplines. There must be at least two Technical Discipline Judges for each competition of a Technical Discipline at Unicon and other international competitions, and it is strongly recommended that this is also applied to all other competitions.

Training Officials

  1. As the rules state, competitions cannot be started until all key track officials have been trained and understand their tasks. For all Track disciplines, as written in 2C.1.2 4.,the Referee is in charge of making sure this happens.