I morgen starter sesongen for alvor med sprint på Beitostølen, la oss ta en titt på regelverket som løperne har å forholde seg til under årets sesong.

Langrenn.com har tidligere omtalt de nye reglene og presiseringene for obstruksjon og passering i skirenn. Regelverket kom i fokus da Johannes Høsflot klæbo ble disket fra gullet på 50 kilometeren under VM i Oberstdorf i vinter. Om det er årsaken til at FIS har tatt en gjennomgang av regelverket kan man bare spekulere i, men her er altså det nye regelverket som juryene skal forholde seg til:

343.9 n As a general rule applying to all competitions, competitors shall not obstruct other competitors.

343.10 Passing of other competitors
343.10.1 Process of passing during interval starts: Competitors who are being passed must give way on first demand. This applies to classic technique courses even when there are more sets of tracks. It also applies to free technique courses even when the competitor being passed will have to restrict his/her skiing movements.
343.10.2 Process of passing during other competition formats
343.10.2.1 Competitors in front have the right to choose their best line.
Explanatory note: The provision reflects the reality that competitors in front generally do not see competitors coming from behind, and that competitors behind generally direct their course according to the positioning of the competitor in front. However, this right is not unrestricted, see the next provisions
343.10.2.2 Competitors in front shall not obstruct competitors coming from behind.
Explanatory note: The provision reflects restrictions in freedom of the competitor being front, meaning that this privilege shall not be abused to the detriment of other competitors, e.g. by abruptly changing the line or by unduly persisting in a line chosen.]
343.10.2.3 Competitors intending to pass shall do so without obstructing the competitor being passed.
Explanatory note: The provision reflects the spirit and intent of the preceding ones, meaning that a competitor intending to pass shall not initiate a pass if he/she realizes or ought to realize that there is not, or will not be, sufficient room to complete the pass without obstructing the competitor intended to be passed.
343.10.2.4 When competitors are alongside they have mutual duties not to obstruct each other’s movements.
Explanatory note: The provision reflects the idea that when competitors are skiing side-by-side, there is no privilege of anyone being in front, as set out in the preceding provisions. It is connected to 2.3 e.g. in the sense that a skier coming from behind shall not be allowed to ‘force’ his/her way into a situation of mutual duties
343.10.2.5 A process of passing is considered completed when the passing skier has his/her body at the front of the ski-tips of the skier being passed, which means that that skier obtains the position as set out in 2.1 and 2.2

• Explanatory note: The process of passing needs some guideline as to when that process is completed so as to determine when the passing skier obtains the position described in 2.1 and 2.2. The decisive criterion is, as a main rule, the point in time when the body – if need be, measured at the position of the boots – Is ahead of the ski-tips of the skier being passed.

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En oppsummering på norsk:
• Du skal ikke hindre andre
• Første mann har rett til å velge beste/ raskeste linje, men har ikke rett til å hindre/obstruere
• Ved forbigåing skal du ikke hindre/ forstyrre andre
• Delt ansvar/ plikt for ikke å hindre andre når du går side om side
• Paragrafer må veies mot hverandre