General rules for competing in World Transplant Games 2011
Medical requirements for competitors
Entry is open to all recipients of life supporting allografts and hemopoetic cell transplants
from other individuals or species which require or have required the use of immunosuppressive drug
therapies.
Competitors must have been transplanted for at least 1 year, with stable graft function, be medically
fit and have trained at the events in which they have entered.
If a potential competitor has been transplanted for
at least 6 months, with stable graft function, has been training and has permission from his own
doctor, his entry may be considered by the WTGF medical committee and be allowed.
Sport
You are allowed to compete in up to five (5) events, in addition to the swimming and track &
field relay events. Athletes may not enter multiple sports that take place
at conflicting times on the same day.
PLEASE CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR
SPORT CONFLICTS.
For relays and team events (including doubles
in tennis and bowling), partners must be part of the same team.
Adult athletes will compete by gender
in the following age groups: 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and
70 and over. Age on the day of the Opening Ceremony of the Games
will apply.
Volleyball, Floorball, the relay events
in track and swimming, all mixed doubles events, and the team event
in the road race will be one open age category – i.e., no age
classifications.
All other events are to be age categorized. In
doubles events, if the members of a team are in different age groups,
the team will be classified in the younger age group. If one of the
players is a junior and the team would be assigned to the junior
category, it will play in the adult category.
Juniors will compete in events
designated as junior events by gender in the following age groups: 5
years and under, 6-8 years, 9-11 years, 12-14 years and 15-17 years.
Juniors 16 or 17 years of age are permitted to compete in adult age
events, but must continue in that age category for any other event in
that sport, i.e. swimming, athletics.
The following
juniors competitions will be held for athletes 17 and under:
- 5 and Under:
Badminton Singles, Badminton Doubles (Open), Tennis Singles,
Tennis Doubles (Open), Table Tennis Singles, Squash Singles, Tenpin
Bowling Singles, Cycling 5K Time Trial, Swimming 25 Free, Swimming
25 Breast, Swimming 25Fly, Swimming 25 Back, Athletics 25 M,
Athletics Long Jump, Athletics Ball Throw.
- 6-8:
Badminton Singles, Badminton Doubles (Open), Tennis Singles, Tennis
Doubles (Open), Table Tennis Singles, Squash Singles, Tenpin Bowling
Singles, Cycling 5K Time Trial, Swimming 25 Free, Swimming 25
Breast, Swimming 25Fly, Swimming 25 Back, Athletics 50 M, Athletics
Long Jump, Athletics Ball Throw
- 9-11:
Badminton Singles, Badminton Doubles (Open), Tennis Singles, Tennis
Doubles (Open), Table Tennis Singles, Squash Singles, Tenpin Bowling
Singles, Cycling 5K Time Trial, Swimming 25 Free, Swimming 25
Breast, Swimming 25Fly, Swimming 25 Back, Athletics 50 M, Athletics
Long Jump, Athletics Ball Throw.
- 12-14:
Badminton Singles, Badminton Doubles (Open), Tennis Singles, Tennis
Doubles (Open), Table Tennis Singles, Squash Singles, Tenpin Bowling
Singles, Cycling 5K Time Trial, Swimming 50 Free, Swimming 50
Breast, Swimming 50Fly, Swimming 50 Back, Swimming 100 Back,
Swimming 200 Free, Athletics 100 M, Athletics Long Jump, Athletics
Ball Throw.
- 15-17:
Badminton Singles, Badminton Doubles (Open), Tennis Singles, Tennis
Doubles (Open), Table Tennis Singles, Squash Singles, Tenpin Bowling
Singles, Cycling 5K Time Trial, Swimming 50 Free, Swimming 50
Breast, Swimming 50Fly, Swimming 50 Back, Swimming 100 Back,
Swimming 200 Free, Athletics 100 M, Athletics Long Jump, Athletics
Ball Throw, Athletics High Jump, Athletics Shot Put.
All events have a maximum number of
competitors. Entries will be processed on a first-come, first-served
basis. When the maximum number is reached, no additional entries
will be allowed in that event.
Athletes may not enter events that
take place at the same time (except field events contested cafeteria
style). Failure of an athlete to appear at any event when called may
result in the athlete being scratched or eliminated from that
competition. There will be no appeal of any disqualification for
failure to appear.
Team Managers make the final decision about team
sport and relay entries.