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Section VIII: Order of Competition.- At the weigh-in, the lifter must declare a first attempt for all three lifts. - Ten or less lifters in a session must lift in one flight. Ten to fifteen lifters in a session may be divided into two flights, though one flight is preferable. Over fifteen lifters must be split into appropriate flights. Decisions on such divisions shall be made by the Contest Official in conjunction with the competition organizing committee. Wherever possible, lifters in the same body weight category should all compete in the same flight. Flights should be classified "A", "B", "C", etc. Flight "A" will normally consist of lifters in one body weight category, flight "B", the next category, and so on. Should the amount of lifters in any particular category necessitate that category being split into more than one flight, and then the first flight should consist of lifters with lower totals than the second flight and so on, based on previous best total results. Competitions combining men and women lifters may make different determinations. Where there are multiple flights, flight "A" will complete all three rounds of the Squat (all three attempts), then flight "B" will make all three rounds of the Squat, and so on, repeating the same process for the Bench Press and Deadlift. Three unsuccessful attempts in any lift will automatically eliminate the lifter from the competition. Lifters will not be permitted to re-enter the meet as a guest lifter or to attempt a record lift. Only at local or regional contest will this be left to the meet director's judgment. In the event that the number of lifters in a flight drops to ten or less, there will be an automatic five-minute rest following the competition of all first attempts, then again after all record attempts. - All lifters will take their first attempt in the first round, their second attempt in the second round and their third attempt in the third round. - The bar must be loaded progressively during a round on the principle of a rising bar. At no time will the bar be reduced within a round except for errors as described herein, and then only at the end of the round. - Lifting order in each round will be determined by the lifter's choice of weight per attempt. On the occasion of two lifters choosing the same weight, the lifter with the lowest body weight will lift first. - A lifter will not be allowed to call for a weight lower than that attempted in the previous round. - If unsuccessful with an attempt, the lifter will wait until the end of the round before attempting that weight again. - All failed attempts due to a scorekeeper, loader, spotter error, or for any other reason, except failure for the lifter to be announced, will occur at the end of the round in which the error occurred, regardless of the progressive advancement of the bar. If such an error occurs to the last lifter in the round, the error will be corrected immediately and the lifter will be given the opportunity to take the attempt over within four minutes of the bar being loaded. Also, if such an error occurs to the first lifter in a round, and he/she chooses to retry that attempt at the end of the round, then he/she must still begin the next round. If this happens, then he/she will be given an additional four minutes before that attempt. - A lifter is permitted one change of weight on the first attempt of each lift. If the lifter is in the first flight to lift, this change may take place at any time up to five minutes before the start of the first round of that lift. Lifters in following flights are accorded the same privilege up to five attempts from the end of the previous flight's final round. The speaker will announce prior notice of these deadlines. Oversights in making these announcements should not be at the jeopardy of the lifter. The three-platform referee's or Contest Official shall make a ruling on any such problems that arise. - Lifters must submit their second or third attempts within one minute of completing the preceding attempt. If no weight is submitted within the one-minute time allowance, the lifter will forfeit the next round attempt. - Weights submitted for second and third attempts on the Squat and Bench Press cannot be changed. - In the deadlift, one change of weight is permitted on the second attempt. On the third attempt, the lifter shall be allowed two changes in weight if he/she has been called to lift but the bar has not been called as "Ready" or "Loaded". The lifter may not change an attempt if he or she has been called to lift and the bar has been called as "Ready" or "Loader". - In single lift meets, an opening attempt may be changed up to five minutes prior to the start of that lifter's flight. Third attempts may be changed as many times as the lifter desires as long as his/her name has not been called to lift. - The chosen weights for attempts are to be given in writing, in the form of attempt cards, to the marshal/expediter. Different color cards will be used for each lift, 3 of the same color for the Squat, 3 of the same color for the Bench Press, 3 of the same color for the Deadlift. The lifter or coach will complete the appropriate attempt cards with the weight requested and sign the card. For first attempts, the attempt cards will only be used when the weight given at the weigh-in is changed. - If a lifting session consist of a single flight, at least a 20 -30 minute interval will be taken between lifts in order to ensure adequate warm-up time. - When there is more than one flight in a session, the lifting will be organized on an alternating flight basis. Consequently, a time interval between flights is not required other than the time necessary for arranging the platform. Lifters not in the first flight will be able to warm-up while the first flight is being conducted. |