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F.R.E.E. must appoint
two (2) Judges to participate in the Record Attempt as its
official representatives. The Judges must arrive at the location
of the attempt from at least forty eight (48) hours prior
to the date of the attempt, and must remain there until no
later than forty eight (48) hours after the date of the original
attempt, including any contingency attempt or attempts. Throughout
the time of their stay at the location of the attempt, the
Judges have complete authority to represent F.R.E.E. as they
see fit, and their decisions, opinions and points of view
(as pertaining to the attempt) become those of the organization.
The Judges have the duty
of verifying the compliance with each and every one of the
guidelines contained in the sections: 1) Competitive Categories
Subject to Regulation, 2) Application Guidelines, 3) Methods
and Equipment of the Attempt, 4) Support Divers Procedures
and Requirements, 5) Boating Procedures and 6) Safety Guidelines.
Failure to comply with any of these guidelines results in
the invalidation of the attempt.
Upon their arrival at
the location of the attempt, the Judges must start carrying
out the different duties contained within all the above-specified
sections. The Supervising Officer must be at the complete
disposal of the Judges from this point on, and must make any
reasonable effort to help them accomplish their goals.
The Judges must conduct
a briefing with all the personnel involved in the attempt,
without absolutely any exceptions, no later than twenty-four
(24) hours prior to the attempt. Any individual involved in
the attempt that does not meet all applicable requirements
as per the above sections at the time of this briefing is
automatically disqualified from participating in the event.
One (1) Judge must act
as “Surface Judge” and he/she must remain at the
surface, inside the 15 meters/49 feet radius or onboard the
Support Ship, to witness the departure and arrival of the
Freediver from and to the surface, and to receive the Confirmation
Signal from the Freediver. The Surface Judge has the responsibility
of approaching the Freediver after he/she has arrived at the
surface to receive the Confirmation Signal.
One (1) Judge must act
as “Underwater Judge” and he/she must witness
the attempt from an underwater position. F.R.E.E. does not
require this judge to be at the same level of the Goal Depth,
but at a depth where he/she can follow as much of the dive
as possible, as long as the act of retrieval of the Confirmation
Signal can be clearly seen from that position. Therefore,
this judge must be properly trained and prepared to perform
his/her duties at the deepest point of the dive, and F.R.E.E.
will nominate this judge based on the intended Goal-Depth
chosen for the attempt, based on the available active judges
and their capability to perform a dive to such depth if needed.
Two (2) Surface Judges are required. One (1) Judge must follow
the Freediver from the surface throughout the dive, or alongside
the edge of the pool in the case of Confined-Water attempts.
One (1) Judge must be positioned on the surface in the area
where the Freediver is expected to emerge. This Surface Judge
has the responsibility of approaching the Freediver after
he/she has arrived at the surface to receive the Confirmation
Tag.
Upon completion of the
attempt, and after the Organizing Committee has fulfilled
any remaining obligations with them, the Judges must present
the Freediver and the Organizing Committee with a Field Report
that states their validation of the record or not. This report
must be signed by the Judges, the Freediver and all members
of the Organizing Committee. The findings in the Field Report
are final and show F.R.E.E.’s decision as to the acceptance
of the record attempt, however, F.R.E.E. may change its position
about the record attempt if all obligations of the Freediver
and/or the Organizing Committee (such as covering the Judges'
traveling or accommodation expenses) have not been met fifteen
(15) days after the attempt.
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