To TOM Saturday, April 12th 2014, 18:00 TOM 11apr2014

Middle Distance Qualification Men TOM 11apr2014

Statement from the organizers TOM 11apr2014

First start– 08:00 Men and woman competes at same time; starts in different minutes Quarantine: 07:00 – 10:30 TOM 11apr2014

New Quarentine at the Finish Area TOM 11apr2014

08:30 to 10:30 Coaches allowed (once inside, shall not leave) No toilets inside (chaperon if needed) Return to parking after 13:00 TOM 11apr2014

Starts list Unoficial results inside team boxes Return to EOC Office until 20:00 today. TOM 11apr2014

Today’s Race TOM 11apr2014

Aleksei Alekseyonok Belarus TOM 11apr2014

Oskar Sjoberg, Sweden TOM 11apr2014

Complaints / Protest 3 complaints (IRL; UKR) Turned down by the organizers 2 protests (UKR) Turned down by the jury 4h working after the race finish, 5 persons = 20 hours TOM 11apr2014

Tomorrow TOM 11apr2014

Quarantine Building (elementary school) No tents Inside/outside possible within premisses School closed (no students) Toilets (4+4) Opens 12:30 Closing 14:00 TOM 11apr2014

Starting Procedures Quarantine: -3 minutes No starting gates Hand-on-shoulder TOM 11apr2014

1.Public/team members allowed to be in competition terrain? NO 2.Any out of bounds areas? NO 3.Hedges - are they defined as "crossable"? YES 4.Any suprises/challenges like today? NO

TOM 11apr Will the control units be properly mounted? YES 6.GPS - where/when will you distribute harnesses and tracking units? IN THE QUARANTINE Who will bear them? 6 BEST RUNNERS FROM EACH HEAT IN THE Q RACE + 9 RUNNERS CHOSEN BY THE ORGANIZERS 7.Map exchange & coaching - how will it be organised? THEY WILL BE IN THE SAME AREA What is first - coaching or map exchange? COACHING Is it allowed to pass over navigation advice to runners at that spot?! YES 8.Traffic - somehow regulated? YES Any mandatory passages over major road? NO

TOM 11apr Will the big screen be used in the arena? YES 10.Does the start point marked on the arena plan mean an exact location of navigation start? NO 11.Special symbols? YES E.g. black cross? YES Blue cross? YES Any other? 12.Size of loose control descriptions? Aprox 15 x 6 13.Cool down area (jogging after the race) – YES where is it possible? SW OF THE ARENA 14. When is the deadline of any access to the embargoed area? 12:00 noon

TOM 11apr Will you prevent the situation when runners can see controls before entering quarantine? NO 16.What is the route the teams must use to get to the quarantine? MARKED ROUTE TO PARKING, WHICH IS CLOSEBY TO THE QUARANTINE 17.Is there enough space for warm-up in the quarantine? YES

Antidoping Procedures Nobody shall leave the arena until the race is finish for each gender; Athetes must have their ID cards TOM 11apr2014

Expected winning times Men – 14’ Woman – 13’ TOM 11apr2014

Opening Ceremony 15:00 - Starts (performance) 15:10 – Parade Concentration xxxx 14:50 National team dress Further information at TOM 13:45 TOM 11apr2014

Next Tom 13th April – Sunday 13:45 Library (Palmela) TOM 11apr2014