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Friday, July 12, 2002
Organizers apologies
The APOC organizers misplaced a control at the relays. Another unfortunate mistake. But, it looks like the organizers admitted the mistake quickly. Good for them.
From the APOC results page, "In the APOC Relay held on Monday July 8, one control was misplaced....We sincerely apologize to all competitors for the mistake."
I'm not sure whether they threw out the results. They've posted results, but I suppose the might still void the course. (Note that the US O' Team put together a team for the "4-point" category that was DQ'd when the anchor runner, Sergey V., mispunched).
Meanwhile, the IOF has issued something like an apology for the problems at the ultra-long world cup. "IOF assumes responsibility for the mistakes at the Idre Ultra long, and expresses its apologies to all runners that were harmed."
It might just be my imagination (and it might not be a fair comment on my part), but the APOC organizers seem more sincere than the IOF. The IOF note reads like a politician's press release. The APOC's reads like an apology.
posted by Michael |
8:10 PM
