ENNIA Curaçao International Triathlon

Rules

General Rules

1. Please be sure your timing chip is properly fixed on your left ankle at all times during the race.
2. Timing chips have to returned directly after the race.
3. Contestants must be dressed properly. The top of the body should be covered during the bike and run portion of the race. Public nudity is prohibited.

Swim Rules

1. Wetsuits are prohibited.
2. No fins, paddles, snorkels, or flotation devices of any kind are allowed.
3. Keep the floating dock at your left side at all times.
4. No individual paddlers or escorts allowed. Course will be adequately patrolled
5. A swimmer experiencing difficulty and in need of assistance must raise an arm overhead, pump it up and down, and call or seek assistance. A swimmer who has received assistance, whether voluntary or involuntary, must retire and withdraw from the remainder of the race, unless such assistance did not aid the swimmer in making forward progress. No swimmer shall return to the race if the official rendering assistance requests that the participant withdraws from the race or receive medical assistance.

Cycle Rules

1. Drafting is NOT allowed.
2. Wearing a reliable bicycle helmet is mandatory when cycling.
3. Contestants must wear their number at the back during the bike portion of the race.
4. All bikes MUST have the supplied identification sticker affixed to their seat post or on the right rear portion of the bike frame that leads from the seat post to the wheel
5. No mp3 players or cell phones are permitted during the cycle leg.
6. Individual support will not be allowed
7. Each contestant must be individually responsible for repair and maintenance of their own bike. Assistance by anyone, including other athletes, other than technical support officials will be grounds for disqualification. Each cyclist should be prepared to handle any possible mechanical malfunction. Technical support DOES NOT include the normal changing of flat tires. You may not receive a spare wheel if yours breaks. You can carry your bike to finish the cycle portion of the race, as long as you finish in the allotted time for the cycle.
8. Contestants are expected to heed directions and instructions of all race officials and public authorities
9. Contestants may walk with their bike, if necessary, but may not make progress on the bike course unaccompanied by bicycle.
10. All contestants must mount and dismount in the marked zones at the transition area. Under no circumstances should a participant ride his/her bike inside the transition area.

Run Rules

1. Runners should yield right of way to bikers
2. No form of locomotion other than running, walking or crawling is allowed.
3. Contestants must wear their number at the front during the run portion of the race.