Referee decisions and protests
ISU · 2026The referee resolves racing disputes and may use authorized video review, while the starter controls start decisions. A referee’s decision that a racing infringement occurred, or that results can be approved without one, is final under the supplied rules. A coach cannot obtain a new verdict simply by disagreeing with a penalty.
The rule
The referee resolves racing disputes and may use authorized video review, while the starter controls start decisions. A referee’s decision that a racing infringement occurred, or that results can be approved without one, is final under the supplied rules. A coach cannot obtain a new verdict simply by disagreeing with a penalty.
In practice
Recording, technical, data or communication errors may be corrected before the next qualifying round and must be officially announced. Other admissible protests follow the separate competition and event regulations and are handled privately. This guide does not invent a general appeal right or a filing deadline absent from the supplied short-track book.
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