TargetTalk

The second printing of the 2013 rules is now available.

An explanation of the major changes is also available

Thanks for that

This bit is interesting:

A major change in this 2nd Edition of the Rules concerns a change in pre-competition equipment control from mandatory to voluntary. Athletes are no longer required to bring all of their guns and equipment for checking before the competitions. Equipment Control Sections will continue to be available, but now the athletes can decide which equipment is doubtful and needs to be checked. There is one exception to the voluntary pre-competition testing rule; Rifle jackets and trousers must still be checked and receive the ISSF seals in order to register the jackets and trousers to the athletes. Rifle athletes are allowed to use only one jacket and trousers in each Championship so each athlete must have the shooting jacket and trousers he/she will use checked and registered in the ISSF database.


During the last eight years, the ISSF has learned that only random post-competition testing is truly effective in ensuring that legal equipment is used. As before, athletes continue to be responsible for using only legal equipment and for knowing that their equipment is subject to random post-competition checks. However, with voluntary and not mandatory pre-competition testing, it is expected that the amount of equipment needing checking and the time athletes spend in equipment control lines will be significantly reduced.

I did not see any address or change to the "Finals World Record (FWR)". Does that mean FWR in 2013 will now be recognized? According to 3.9.1.1 the record is qualification plus finals score, hence it is possible for the FWR set by someone who may ended up winning the silver.

Or did I miss something?

j-team wrote:Rifle athletes are allowed to use only one jacket and trousers in each Championship so each athlete must have the shooting jacket and trousers he/she will use checked and registered in the ISSF database.

What it doesn't say, but is clarified in 7.5.1.2, is that each athlete may only have one jacket and trousers registered in the database.

David Levene wrote:

j-team wrote:Rifle athletes are allowed to use only one jacket and trousers in each Championship so each athlete must have the shooting jacket and trousers he/she will use checked and registered in the ISSF database.

What it doesn't say, but is clarified in 7.5.1.2, is that each athlete may only have one jacket and trousers registered in the database.

Yes under the old rules although you could only use one combination of Jacket/Trousers in any Championship Meeting (not competition), you could have a suit for AR/3P and a jacket for prone only if you shot them at different championship meetings and have them all registered in the database. I never quite got the point of the old system where you could register your equipment, but had to have it checked at every meeting anyway.

Alan

"change in pre-competition equipment control from mandatory to voluntary. Athletes are no longer required to bring all of their guns and equipment for checking before the competitions."

I am a big fan of this change! Seems ridiculous to make hundreds of people stand in line to make sure they are in compliance. I know for a fact that a shooter in the match this past weekend moved her buttons after EC. And no she didn't win a thing. Many many changes can be made between EC and the match. Only way to make people comply or catch offenders is after.