ITU reinstates disqualification at Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

by Erin Greene on 05 Dec, 2016 04:05 • Español

ITU’s Technical Committee has re-instated the original decision to disqualify Amy Stretton (NZL) from the 2016 Oklahoma ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships.

Stretton had been disqualified from the women’s 30-34 age group category on the day of the race due to an inconsistently fast swim which indicated the athlete did not complete the entire swim course.

The Race Referee made this decision based on the information available on race day, which was posted during the race and was available for any potential appeal. No appeal was filed within the time frame indicated in the ITU Competition Rules 13.2. (iii), and there was no other opportunity to open a dispute about the results.

The Technical Delegate alone, nor the Race Referee, had the jurisdiction the day after the race to change the result as it was outside of the appeal time frame.

Therefore, following an investigation by the ITU Technical Committee, it has been decided that any appeal made outside of the allotted time frame or procedures within the ITU rules cannot be recognized. As such, Stretton’s result reverts back to a disqualification.

In accordance with ITU rules, Stretton now has the opportunity to appeal this decision to ITU’s Arbitration Panel, however her result in Oklahoma will be nullified effective immediately.

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