Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dAviron International Rowing Federation
18 July 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland To: Affiliated Federations Council and Commission Members Organisers of World Championships National Rowing Magazines FISA Partners Ladies and Gentlemen, Subjects covered in this Circular include the following: A. 2005 World Championships / Congress Items B. General Items 1. Contingency Scenarios for Gifu The Council has now finalised an analysis of different adverse weather scenarios deemed possible in Gifu in order to produce the attached set of contingency plans. It includes an explanation of the different scenarios. Please pass this document to your team manager and coaches. C.P. 18, Av. de Cour 135, 1000 Lausanne 3, Switzerland Tel. +41-21-617-8373 Fax +41-21-617-8375 Circular No. 3 of 2005 Page 2 of 4 18 July 2005 2. Registration for the 2005 Ordinary Congress You are reminded that the 2005 Congress will take place on Monday, 5th September 2005, 09:00 hrs at the: Softopia Business Center 4-1-7 Kagano Street Ogaki City 503-8569 Japan Tel. +81-584-77-111 Fax +81-584-77-1105 http://www.softopia.or.jp/en/index.html Registration will start at 08:00 hrs sharp. In order to start on time, Congress delegates are asked to arrive in plenty of time to register. 3. Comments on the 2004 Ordinary and 2005 Extraordinary Congress Minutes (Congress Item 4) These Minutes were sent on 5th July with the 2005 Congress Agenda Papers. In order to save time during the Congress, delegates are asked to submit to FISA proposed corrections in writing to be received by 15 August 2005. 4. Report of the North American Continental Representative Please add this report to your Agenda papers for the Congress. 5. Reasoning behind the Council Decisions on the World Championship Bids Please read the Councils reasoning for its decisions on the World Championships bids in the attached document. The bidding committees and their national federations are responsible for informing the delegates about the details of their bids before arriving at the Congress. As usual, there will be no presentations during the congress. Circular No. 3 of 2005 Page 3 of 4 18 July 2005 B. General Items 6. 2007 and 2008 Rowing World Cup Bids The Council has re-opened bidding for the one Rowing World Cup regatta in 2007 and one in 2008. National Federations and/or Organising Committees interested in bidding for one or both of these events should contact Matt Smith at FISA as soon as possible to receive a bid document. Bidding documents will be due to FISA by 31 December 2005 and decisions made in late January 2006. 7. 2005 World Rowing Forum This unique gathering of the main players in the sport of rowing from all around the world takes place only once every two years. This years theme is: Competing for the Future Attracting New Generations to Rowing. Among the featured guest speakers, we are pleased to announce one of the keynote speakers will be the President of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee Mrs. Gianna Angelopoulos-Daslakalaki Be sure to register early as there are a limited number of seats. Please read the attached brochure and refer to the latest updates on the programme of the Forum at www.worldrowing.com. 8. FISA Event Bids Any national federations interested in applying for the: are requested to declare their intention to bid in writing to be received no later than 5th September 2005 at FISA headquarters. Interested federations will be sent the bid questionnaire to be completed and later returned to FISA. Circular No. 3 of 2005 Page 4 of 4 18 July 2005 9. 2005 World Championships DVD The above mentioned show will now be produced on DVD and can be ordered. This DVD will include all 27 World Championships finals plus slow motion sequences of the winning crews. The DVD should be ordered through FISAs licensed merchandise partners. Please consult the FISA website for information on how to order this DVD. The "Lausanne Recommendations" is a consensus paper on the prevention of sudden death created by an ad hoc working group on Sudden Cardiovascular Death in sport, coordinated by Professor Erik J. Meijboom of the University Hospital Centre in Lausanne (CHUV). "Sudden death" in sport is always a dramatic event and has to be fully appreciated. The leading cause (more than 90%) of non-traumatic sudden death of athletes is related to pre-existing cardiac abnormality. For the purpose of these recommendations, sudden cardiovascular death is defined as: Death occurring within one hour of the onset of symptoms in a person without a previously recognised cardiovascular condition that would appear fatal: this excludes cerebrovascular, respiratory, traumatic and drug related causes. The purpose of these recommendations is to identify, as accurately as possible, athletes at risk in order to advise them accordingly. The "Lausanne Recommendations" introduce the principle of pre-participation cardiovascular screening in sport, including four elements: the personal history of the athlete, his/her family history, a physical examination and an electrocardiogram. Yours sincerely,
Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dAviron International Rowing Federation 14 June 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland Explanation of the Council Decision on the 2009 World Rowing Championship (Senior and Junior) and 2008 World Rowing Under 23 Championship Regattas Poznan, Gainesville and Brandenburg to be Presented to the Congress Two Federations presented bids to the FISA Council for the 2009 World Rowing Championships: The Netherlands with Amsterdam and Poland with Poznan. These two venues were visited by the FISA Inspection Team in early May and final bids were received on 15th May. The Council then met the representatives of the various bids in London on 29th May 2005 to hear their presentations and to ask questions. The Council then considered these two excellent bids. They both offered very good conditions for the rowers as well as for the spectators. The main difference is that Poznan has, over the past few years, staged many major international events in rowing and canoeing showing the fairness of the course and the quality of the organising committee. In particular, they successfully staged two major events in 2004: A stage of the Rowing World Cup and the World Under 23 Regatta. The Amsterdam Bosbaan course has been widened by 32 metres and all land infrastructure has been renovated, bringing it to the full standard required for staging a World Championship. However, the last major international event with centralised accommodation, transport and full television host broadcast was in 1977 with the old Bosbaan course and a different OC. The Dutch Federation will have several opportunities over the next few years to stage top international events (2005 Under 23 Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships) and will be able to show the fairness of the course and the quality of the organising committee. Based mainly on this reasoning, the Council considers that Poznan should be awarded the 2009 World Rowing Championships. Two Federations presented bids to the FISA Council for the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships: The French Federation with Brive and the United States Federation with Gainesville. These two venues were visited by the FISA Inspection Team and, as stated above, the Council then met the representatives of the bids in London. C.P. 18, Av. de Cour 135, 1000 Lausanne 3, Switzerland Tel. +41-21-617-8373 Fax +41-21-617-8375 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dAviron International Rowing Federation 2009 World Championships Bid Explanations Page 2 of 2 14 June 2005 Both bids offered excellent conditions for the rowers. The main difference is that Gainesville, which had staged the 1996 Olympic regatta, is much better equipped with the necessary infrastructure for a World level regatta. Their organising committee has also recently staged a major international event; the 2003 World Canoe/Kayak Championships which tested the whole infrastructure and operations. The Council was also satisfied that requirements for entry to the US by all federations for the Championships had been well tested by the organising committees experience with the 2003 World Canoe/Kayak Championships and the bid committee provided assurances in this respect. Brive is an excellent body of water but there are some fairly major infrastructure modifications to take place. Brive has the strong support of the local and regional governments and it is hoped that some of the main projects to upgrade the course will start in the next 12 months to provide the required improvements to the venue. The Council agreed that, between the two, the stronger venue and organising committee for the staging of the 2009 World Junior Championship in terms of infrastructure and organisation was Gainesville. Again two Federations presented bids to the FISA Council for the 2008 World Rowing Under 23 Championships: The German Federation with Brandenburg and the Polish Federation with Poznan. These two venues were visited by the FISA Inspection Team and, as stated above, the Council then met the representatives of the bids in London. Both bids offered excellent conditions for the rowers. The Council also considered that Poznan is bidding for other events in 2008 and, if confirmed for the 2009 World Championships by the Congress, would have to stage a Rowing World Cup regatta in 2008 as a test event. The Masters Commission will take a position on the 2008 Masters regatta before the Congress which will influence this decision as well. For this reason as well as the huge renovations that have taken place in Brandenburg, the Council decided to select Brandenburg and forward that for confirmation at the Congress. The bid committees are encouraged to provide information to the national federations, coaches and athletes between now and the date of the Congress. The contact between the bid committees and the rowing world should be informational and should not include gifts or souvenirs. The FISA Council C.P. 18, Av. de Cour 135, 1000 Lausanne 3, Switzerland Tel. +41-21-617-8373 Fax +41-21-617-8375
Gifu 2005 World Rowing Championships The contingency plans for the Olympic Regatta in Athens were designed to be used in case of unusual conditions which might have required substantial changes to the normal progression system in order to complete racing within the days provided. Japan, as with many other countries in the East Asian region, is subject to typhoons. In full knowledge of this, the dates for the 2005 World Championships have been scheduled for the end of August, the most favourable period. In developing the contingency scenarios for the 2005 World Championships, we have started from the worst case scenario, whereby up to four days of racing could be lost. For example, as the track of a typhoon can normally be forecast up to 3 days in advance, it may be necessary to either delay or bring racing forward if a typhoon is likely to affect the course during the regatta. As with the Athens scenarios, this could, in the worst case, mean that some rounds, such as semi-finals or even repechages, might be omitted. Accordingly, all crews and coaches should be aware of the importance of achieving the best possible placing in every race in some of the alternative programmes this will be critical! Options in case of Adverse Weather Conditions Example 1.1 - Start all races earlier than planned, racing at 5-minute intervals for heats. Example 1.2 - Start all races as late as possible, racing at 5-minute intervals. Option 2A Combine two Rounds in the same day or combine all Finals on one day. Example 2.1 - If Day 1 is cancelled then race all Group A and Group B heats on Day 2. If Day 3 is cancelled then race all Group A and Group B repêchages on Day 4. Note 1 this option will mean that crews doubling up should be prepared to race twice on any day, possibly with less than three hours between races. Note 2 this option will mean that crews should be prepared to race on consecutive days. The FISA Bye-laws allow for an alternative progression system where the event has been, or is anticipated to be, affected by extended periods of unrowable conditions and the time left to complete the regatta does not allow for all the remaining rounds (e.g. repêchages, semi-finals) to be held. Such an alternative system would involve the elimination of a round or rounds of racing (e.g. repêchages, semi-finals) and may involve racing over 7 or 8 lanes. The composition of the remaining rounds will be based on the 1 placings in the previous rounds. In some cases the alternative system might add two additional crews into a Final A (to make an 8 boat Final). on the basis of their times in the previous round. The system selected may vary for different events, based on the number of boats entered. In the event of a typhoon directly affecting the regatta area and causing a number of consecutive racing days to be lost, this is the most likely Option to be adopted, together with some variant of Options 1 and 2. In the unlikely case of a typhoon being forecast for the last 4 days of the Championships, racing might have to be brought forward to the remaining available days by using this Option. In the above scenario, only 4 racing days would be available for competition. This would mean that racing might be conducted as follows: Day 5 Groups A & B heats Day 6 Groups A & B repechages Day 7 Groups A & B semi-finals Day 8 Groups A & B finals 180605 2
Central America & Caribbean Latin Americas Olympic Qualification regatta was the highlight among most national rowing programs in our area. We had the largest number of participants and countries traveling to Lake Ilopango in El Salvador. A new course was put in place on Lake Ilopango where a legacy of equipment and human expertise has produced a group of qualified coaches and volunteers. Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brasil, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay fought to earn the 17 spots available for Athens. In order to develop a better rowing program, top level events should be organized in these nations were the sport is in its inception. In the mens single, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay qualified. Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina qualified in the womens single. In the Mens Lightweight double, Uruguay, Cuba and Brazil qualified, while Cuba, Argentina and Mexico qualified in the Womens Lightweight double. It would not have been possible to organize the event without the support of sponsors and the development commission. Specifically, twelve boats were received by the Organizing Committee in El Salvador with the intention to be used by countries participating in the Olympic Qualification and later to help with the development or rowing programs in Colombia and another country in Central America. United States In a recent visit to El Salvador, Chris Kerber, Assistant Director of the Head of the Charles said, In the United States high school rowers row the eight, in college the most important boat is the eight and we always want to win the eight. It was an emotional moment in Schinias when the Americans overcame forty years of disappointment. A great boat won, with the leadership of a great coach. The United States completed a glorious campaign winning silver the womens eight. Harvard won the Mens National Collegiate championships in the 8+ while California Berkeley won the Womens National Collegiate Championships. Canada The race that will be remembered for years to come will be the Mens Four in Athens. It was an incredible effort against a great British boat. Cuba Three boats fought for a spot in Athens at the Olympic Qualification Regatta in El Salvador, and all three won a ticket to Athens joining the Mens double. Cuban coaches are currently working in México, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Venezuela. A coaching seminar was held for 30 Venezuelans. Mexico Marta Garcia won the Olympic Qualification Regatta thanks to a great performance; she was joined by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile. The lightweight double also won a spot in Athens. Guatemala Guatemala participated in the Qualification with the Mens single and Mens Lightweight double, falling short of their objective in very close races. Honduras The National Olympic Committee continues supporting the work of Captain Jose Meza and Coach Ariel Ramirez. A full contingent participated in the Qualification Regatta showing progress and great potential for the future. Colombia FISA supported emerging local clubs and the National Federation through Sebastian Tulas work. Six boats are waiting for documents from Colombia to be delivered. Support is also being provided with the organization of the Central American and Caribbean Games in July 2006. Jamaica The Port Royal Rowing Club has received a number of boats that were donated by German Clubs. Ingrid Dieterle and Kurt Gelbert helped with the delivery and logistics. Now we hope to see Jamaica participating in the upcoming Central American & Caribbean Games. Eduardo Palomo Circular No. 3 of 2005
A. 2005 World Championships / Congress Items
10. Sudden Death in Sport
Denis Oswald Matt Smith President Executive Director Attachments
1. 2009 World Championships Bids
2. 2009 World Rowing Junior Championship Bids
3. 2008 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
-Contingency Scenarios
Option 1 Change the start times of the races and/or the intervals between races
Option 2 - Combine Group A and Group B if whole days are cancelled
Option 3 - Use of an alternative Progression System
Scenario for Possible Loss of 4 days racing.
(1) Loss of Days 1 to 4 - Racing on days 5 to 8
North American Continental Representative
LAUSANNE RECOMMENDATIONS Under the umbrella IOC Medical Commission 10 December 2004 Sudden death in sport has to be fully appreciated. The leading cause (more than 90%) of non-traumatic sudden death in athletes is related to pre-existing cardiac abnormality. For the purpose of this recommendation, sudden cardiovascular death is defined as: Death occurring within one hour of the onset of symptoms in a person without a previously recognised cardiovascular condition that would appear fatal: this excludes cerebrovascular, respiratory, traumatic and drug related causes. The purpose of this recommendation is to identify, as accurately as possible, athletes at risk in order to advise them accordingly. Step 1: For all participants at the beginning of competitive activities until age 35 years. Potentially detectable cardiovascular conditions Personal history: Questionnaire by examining physician Any cardiovascular condition The recommended investigations should be repeated at least every second year. Step 1: For all participants at the beginning of competitive activities until age 35 years. Potentially detectable cardiovascular conditions Family history: Questionnaire by examining physician Has anyone in your family less than 50 years old: Has anyone in your family experienced sudden infant death (cot death)? Has anyone in your family been told they have Marfan syndrome? Inherited cardiomyopathy such as hypertrophic, arrhythmogenic RV, dilated Inherited heart rhythm problem such as cardiac ion channel diseases (long and short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, Lenègre disease, catecholaminergic polymorphic VT) Connective tissue disorders Physical examination: General: -Radial and femoral pulses -Marfan stigmata Cardiac auscultation: -Rate / rhythm -Murmur: systolic / diastolic -Systolic click Blood pressure Diagnostic tests: 12-lead rest ECG: (after the onset of puberty) Rhythm, conduction or repolarization abnormalities The recommended investigations should be repeated at least every second year. Step 2: Selected cases with positive personal history, family history of potentially inherited cardiac disease, or positive physical or ECG findings in Step 1 require further evaluation by an age-appropriate cardiac specialist to qualify the athlete for sport participation. Further evaluation may include trans-thoracic echocardiography, maximal exercise testing, and 24-hour ECG monitoring. Additionally non-invasive screening of family members may provide valuable information about inherited cardiovascular disease. Prior to the test, the athlete and, for minors, his/her legal representatives are entitled to receive the proper information on the nature and objectives of the test, and on the medical consequences in case of positive results, in particular the need for further investigation, as well as the preventive and therapeutic measures. The athlete and his/her legal representatives should also be informed on the financing of the test and the medical follow up. Special care should be taken to protect the privacy of the athlete. The results should be transmitted solely to the athlete and his/her legal representatives.
Sudden Cardiovascular Death in Sport
PREPARTICIPATION CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING
Gifu typhoon contingencies; 2009 bidding cities; N. Amer. report; Sudden Death report