Published new regulation IRONMAN

IRONMAN has updated its regulation of competitions in order to standardize the long distance tests with the ITU

 

This regulation will be effective next March 1 in Europe, Africa and the American Continent.

"We have been working with ITU on this initiative since last year, it is important that we have a standard in our tests"Commented Andrew Messick Chief Executive Officer of the brand

 

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This is a small summary of the modifications:

Cards

• Yellow: Stop and Go
• Blue: 5 penalty minutes
• Red: Disqualification

Disqualification time

• 1º Missing: 5 minutes
• 2º Missing: 5 minutes
• 3º Missing: Disqualification

Maximum use temperature of Neoprene

• Professionals: 21,9º C
• Age Groups: 24,5

Drafting area

• For the age groups, 10 meters are set and they will have 20 seconds to overtake
• Professionals: 12 meters apart, and will have to overtake in a maximum of 25 seconds

Head Guards:

• Prohibited use of the helmet Mirror
• Banned cameras or phones, except by express permission of IROMAN

 

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