The Punching System in ABOM 2025 PreO Sprint will be SI Card for timing and also for the PreO course answers. Please read carefully the following rules.
The following rules apply:
- Each control point will have two punching boxes, near the viewing point and normally in the opposite side of the road.
- A manual punch is also available at each control point for backup purposes.
- There is one box for each possible answer for that control point Alpha plus the Zero answer box
- All boxes will be identified by its letter and the control point number.
- Only one punch is allowed per control point to give a proper answer. It is not possible to change answer by punching the other box.
- If more than one box is punched in the same control, it is considered multiple answers and all punches are voided.
- The control points can be answered in any order.
- Manual punch is only possible if a particular punching box does not work.
- There will be a mini control card printed in the competition map for three backup punches. Each row can be backup for any control point.
- If used, at the end of the course, the athlete must inform which control points have been punched manually
- The three backup rows will have A and Z boxes for manual backup punch.
- Same rules apply for manual punching on the backup control card (only one punch per row).
- If SI and manual punch is made at one particular control, the SI will count and the manual punch is not considered.
- It is mandatory to CLEAR and CHECK your SI before start. It is mandatory to have START and FINISH punches at the download procedure to be classified.