Athlete admission to ISF competitions

Athletes

Admission rules define who can enter sanctioned competitions and under what conditions.

Athletes must satisfy age, category, status and event requirements.

Some events require confirmation of rules knowledge.

Organizers may request identity, health or federation documents.

Athletes aged 13 or older on the date of competition are eligible.
Athletes under 18 must submit written consent from a parent or legal guardian.
A medical certificate is not required at registration but may be requested by organizers in advance or justified cases.

Registration is valid only after agreement with ISF Rules.
The athlete must select a sport division and complete official weigh-in.
The official Athlete Declaration from Section 5.5 must be completed and signed.
The athlete is added to the official start list only after secretariat clearance.

Registration records age group, weight category, sport division and all-around participation where relevant.
Sport divisions are Amateur, Pro and Adaptive (Adaptive is results only; ISF records are not kept for it).
Cross-scoring or dual scoring must be declared during registration.

Official weigh-in takes place no earlier than 24 hours and no later than 2 hours before the competition group.
Organizers provide at least 1.5 hours of weigh-in time per group; bodyweight is recorded to 0.1 kg with assigned age, weight and sex categories.
If the category limit is exceeded, the athlete may re-weigh any number of times, in turn, only within the group weigh-in window.

Before each attempt, the Chief Referee or authorized ISF representative verifies weight placement, outfit compliance, clean hands, dry chalk use and absence of prohibited items.
Non-compliant gear must be corrected before platform entry; otherwise the attempt is not counted (including retroactively), and intentional use of prohibited equipment after a warning leads to disqualification.

Athletes or accredited representatives may appeal disputed referee evaluation, technical or organizational errors.
An appeal against a referee decision is lodged with the President of the Jury immediately after the attempt; complaints about the conduct of the competition are submitted in writing within 60 minutes after the group session.
The fee (15 USD national / 30 USD international) is refunded if the appeal is upheld or made in good faith; Jury decisions are final. Medical and anti-doping matters follow a separate procedure.
A disqualification is appealed, as in the IPF, in writing to the Jury (if there is no Jury, to the Head Referee) within 1 hour after the session; the decision is final at the competition, and afterwards only a written complaint to ISF is possible.

Athlete eligibility, registration and competition clearance