2022 Formula Kite World Championships

Official Notice Board

Hearing Decisions

No. Type Race Initiator Respondent(s) Decision
26. Protest 7 FK - Women - CHN 76 FK - Women - GBR 41
Heard With Protest(s): 32
Rules: 63.1
Protest withdrawn
25. Protest 3 Formula kite - Women - 26 - Julia Damasiewicz FK - Women - CHN 76 - Jingle Chen
Heard With Protest(s): 33
Rules: F18.2, 11, 14, 43
CHN 76 is DSQ in race F3.
24. Protest 3
Decision Complete
23. Protest 2nd of gold FK - Men - CRO 132 FK - Men - ITA 134
Rules: RRS 10
ITA 134 is DSQ in race 8 (F2).
22. Protest by TC 5&6 Technical Committee FK - Men - ANT 167
Rules: RRS 50.1(a), 50.1(b), CR C3.4
Protest dismissed.
21. Request for Redress Q6 FK - Men - AUT 149 Race Committee
Rules: RRS 62.1(a)
Redress not given 
20. Protest 5 FK - Women - CHN 76 FK - Women - GBR 62
Rules: RRS 41
Protest dismissed. 
19. Protest 5
Decision Complete
18. Protest by TC 1st Race Day2 Technical Committee FK - Women - FRA 58
Rules: RRS F4.50.1(a)
FRA 58 is penalized 20% applied to race 5, calculated to the nearest tenth of a point, (0.05 to be rounded upward), but not worse than the score for DNF.
17. Protest by TC 0 Technical Committee FK - Men - CHN 166
Rules: NoR/SI 16.5
Using the Discretionary Penalty Policy, a starting penalty of 5% was decided.
CHN 166 is penalized 5% applied to race 4, calculated to the nearest tenth of a point, (0.05 to be rounded upward), but not worse than the score for DNF.
16. Request to Reopen 4 FK - Women - ITA 59 FK - Women - FRA 14
Rules: 66.1
Request denied.
15. Protest Race 3 FK - Women - CHN11 FK - ISR23
Heard With: 11
14. Protest and Request for Redress 4 FK - Women - ITA 59 FK - Women - FRA 14
Heard With: 13
13. Protest and Request for Redress 4 FK - Women - FRA 14 FK - Women - ITA 59
Heard With Protest(s): 14
Rules: 10, 14
Since FRA 14 took the appropriate penalty by retiring, she is not further penalized.
Redress not given to ITA 59 as her finishing order was made worse by her capsize.
12. Protest and Request for Redress 4 FK - Women - FRA 58 - Kitefoil FK - Women - GER 64 - Kitefoil
The protest is upheld. Since GER took an applicable penalty, she is not further penalized under RRS 64.2(a). However, the incident is counted to determine the number of tangles the kiteboard has caused during the event under RRS F5.64.2(c). 
Redress not given to FRA as her finishing order was made worse by the tangle.