Part 21: Event in Time Trial Qualifying Round Format

Test 1Time trial qualifier and finalTake a test

1. The qualifier is a time trial with a draft-illegal bike segment and the final a mass start with a draft-legal one; in both rounds athletes ride draft-legal bikes and equipment.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

2. In both the qualifier and the final athletes must use draft-legal bikes and equipment.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

3. The TD sets the interval between individual starts, from 15 seconds to 3 minutes.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 d (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

4. Athletes start one by one from the highest number, in decreasing order.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

5. The start sequence continues as if an athlete used the time allotted to that number.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · applied

6. Final numbers follow qualifier times: the lowest time receives number 1, and ties are numbered at random.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.6 a (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

7. The Head Referee may declare a tie based on the technology available, so the final may exceed 30.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 e (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · applied

8. The qualifier starts with the highest number and counts down.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · recall

9. A time trial qualifier, the best 30 times to a mass-start final, and the final is the event result.

   Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.1, 21.3 a (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · applied

10. Starts run from the highest number down, 30 seconds apart: 102 at 09:00:00, 101 at 09:00:30, 100 at 09:01:00.

    Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b, d (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format) · applied