Sprint Knock Out race
The 3km Knockout Sprint is a new format. It consists of three rounds of swimming in the open water, with the slower swimmers eliminated after each round.
Distances
- First Round is 1.5 km in distance.
- Second Round is 1.0 km in distance.
- Final Round is 0.5 km in distance.
Regulations
- For the First Round, the entry list is published in advance of the Team Leaders Meeting.
- The number of heats to be swum in the First Round and the Second Round is determined after all the entries have been received and announced at the Team Leaders Meeting.
- For the Second Round, there is a maximum of 2 heats.
- In the First Round, each swimmer swim 1.5 km. The swimmers who advance to the Second Round swim 1 km. The swimmers who advance to Final Round swim 500 meters.
- The top 10 finishers from each heat in the First Round advance to the Second Round - or 2 heats based on the decisions made at the Team Leaders Meeting.
- If there is 1 heat in the Second Round, the top 10 swimmers from the Second Round advance to the Final Round.
- If there are 2 heats in the Second Round, the top 10 finishers from each heat will advance to the Final Round.
- If a swimmer receives a 1st infringement during the First Rounds or the Second Round, then this penalty remains in place as the swimmer advances forward in any Rounds.
- If the swimmer is disqualified or withdraws from the Second Round or the Final Round, the position that the swimmer would have finished is awarded to the next competitor and all the lower placing swimmers are advanced one place in the Second Round semifinal or the Final Round.
- The podium finishers are the top 3 swimmers in the Final Round.