Amendments have been made to the rules for the European Junior Open Water Championships, which will likely take place in Hoom, Netherlands from July 11th-17th. That is the location of the European Open Water Championships, and it is expected that the Junior and Masters competitions will take place at the same time and place.
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J-OW 2 EVENTS & PARTICIPATION
J-OW 2 .1 Age Groups as at 31st December of the year of the competition
14-15 years Boys and Girls
16-17 years Boys and Girls
18-19 years Boys and Girls
J-OW 2 .2 Individual Events are
14-15 years 5 km Boys and Girls
16-17 years 7.5 km Boys and Girls
18-19 years 10 km Boys and Girls
J-OW 2 .3 Competition Programme
Day 1: 14-15 years 5 km PM 16-17 years 7.5 km
Day 2 : 18-19 years 10 km
Day 3: 14-16 years Relay Event PM Open Relay Event
J-OW 2 .4 Team Relay Events
Each swimmer shall complete a lap of 1.25 km.
Swimmers may swim in any sequence, but may only swim once.
All teams will start together.
Starting order on the platform will be by random draw.
There shall be a change-over zone of a minimum of 5 m in width.
Change-overs shall be made with the following swimmer in the water in their
starting position holding the platform.
Change-overs shall be made with an obvious visible touch between the
swimmers making the change.
Swimmers may enter the change-over zone when the previous swimmer is approaching the zone and leave the water immediately at the conclusion of
their lap.
Swimmers shall all wear team caps of the same colour and style.
J-OW 2 .5 Entries
Team event consists of 4 swimmers, 2 males & 2 females.
One Team per federation per event.
Teams events in 14-15-16; & U/19.
Swimmers may only swim one team event. ?