Comments on: Route to Christmas: Day 21 2022

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:32:43 +0000

At least the OOB issue did not influence the routechoice challenge (which was a nice one, I think), but clearly the OOB area should have been marked in the terrain as it is so obvious that some may get close to it – or the course should have been set in a way were runners would not be that tempted to get close to it.

By: o-zeugs

o-zeugs — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:22:36 +0000

@gg as far as I know, those running through the OOB (aka Gernot Ymsen) where disqualified in this case. The failure in that case lied between course setter and Event Adviser somehow.

By: gg

gg — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 10:29:45 +0000

And also EOC long !!

By: o-zeugs

o-zeugs — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:55:30 +0000

@JL There is another perspective in which it is clearly the IOF fault, that breaches of rules are not penalized but played down. Only this year we had WC final long, JWOC Sprint and WOC Sprint Relay. Athletes running on that level should be capable to localize and avoid OOB areas by themselves respectively bear the consequences if failing.