{"id":564567,"date":"2026-03-09T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/outside-assistance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:26:52","slug":"outside-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/outside-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1771491847193\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OUTSIDE-ASSISTANCE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" title=\"OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OUTSIDE-ASSISTANCE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/why-n.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OUTSIDE-ASSISTANCE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/why-n.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OUTSIDE-ASSISTANCE-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/why-n.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OUTSIDE-ASSISTANCE.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Athletes or non-athletes (relatives, friends, companions, etc.) may not provide essential race equipment to other athletes in the same competition, while the competition is in progress. Specifically, items that may not be provided to other athletes includes but is not limited to complete bicycles, bicycle frames, wheels and helmets. The penalty<br \/>\nfor this will be disqualification of both athletes. Athletes may provide to other<\/p>\n<p>athletes competing in the same competition other items of equipment provided that the donor is able to continue with their own competition.<\/p>\n<p>An athlete cannot physically assist the forward progress of another athlete. This will result in DSQ. If the athlete receiving assistance accepts it is not actively trying to reject this assistance, he will be DSQ.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >1. General Principle<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Athletes must complete the competition <strong>entirely under their own ability and using their own equipment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Any assistance that affects fairness or the individual effort of another athlete is prohibited.<\/li>\n<li>Athletes are responsible for the management of their equipment and their own race performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >2. Prohibited Provision of Essential Race Equipment<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>During the race, athletes (or non-athletes) <strong>may not provide essential race equipment<\/strong> to other competitors.<\/li>\n<li>Essential race equipment includes, but is not limited to:\n<ul>\n<li>Complete bicycles<\/li>\n<li>Bicycle frames<\/li>\n<li>Wheels<\/li>\n<li>Helmets<\/li>\n<li>Any equipment required for an athlete to continue the race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Provision of essential equipment will result in <strong>Disqualification (DSQ)<\/strong> of both the donor and the recipient athlete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >3. Permitted Provision of Non-Essential Equipment<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Athletes may provide non-essential items only if the donor can continue the race without disadvantage.<\/li>\n<li>Items must not confer a competitive advantage or violate any other competition rules.<\/li>\n<li>Examples of potentially permitted items:\n<ul>\n<li>Water or nutrition items (gels, bars)<\/li>\n<li>Small personal items not required to continue racing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >4. Physical Assistance<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Athletes\u00a0(or non-athletes) are <strong>not permitted to physically assist<\/strong> another athlete\u2019s forward progress.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibited actions include:\n<ul>\n<li>Pushing or pulling<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the body of another athlete<\/li>\n<li>Any contact intended to improve speed or position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Physical assistance will result in <strong>immediate Disqualification (DSQ)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >5. Responsibility of Both Athletes<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>An athlete receiving assistance must <strong>actively reject it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Acceptance of assistance, or failure to resist, results in <strong>Disqualification (DSQ)<\/strong> for the athlete receiving help, in addition to any sanctions applied to the assisting athlete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >6. Role of Technical Officials<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Technical Officials may determine:\n<ul>\n<li>Whether equipment is essential<\/li>\n<li>Whether assistance affected race progress or fairness<\/li>\n<li>Whether the athlete accepted or attempted to reject assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:500;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >7. Athlete Responsibility<\/h3><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Athletes are responsible for completing the race independently.<\/li>\n<li>Ignorance of the rules is not an excuse.<\/li>\n<li>Any doubts are interpreted in favor of safety and fair competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\" style=\"color: \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u03a0\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/triathlon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>World Triathlon<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 50px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletes may not provide essential race equipment to other athletes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[353],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tri_rules","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564567"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564585,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564567\/revisions\/564585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/why-n.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}