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Do I have to visit the start…

In short: no.Thanks to our guest author Walter Van Krunckelsven we know the slightly longer explanation by David Rosen, chairman of the IOF rules commission:The fact is that once the runner has crossed the start line, he/she is only concerned with getting to control 1 as quickly as possible.If the…
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organiser wishes the runner to visit the start flag which is some way off, then the organiser must make it completely clear e.g. by making a taped corridor with uncrossable ribbons on both side.I don believe that you can penalize a runner for going directly to the first control and (as you say) there is nothing in the rules to say clearly that a runner must visit the start banner. It is simply up to the organiser/planner to arrange the start (and the direction of the first control) so that the runners will naturally visit the start flag.Full article in…

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