2.1.

These rules, together with the Appendices, are binding at the World Games, the World Orienteering Championships, the World Cup in Orienteering, the Junior World Orienteering Championships, the World Masters Orienteering Championships for W21 and M21 elite classes at Regional Orienteering Championships, Regional Junior Orienteering Championships, Regional Youth Orienteering Championships and for W21 and M21 elite classes at IOF World Ranking Events. Every rules point with no event abbreviation before its number is valid for all these events. A rules point valid only for one or more of these events is marked with the specific abbreviation(s) in the margin beside the rules point number. Such specific rules take precedence over any general rules with which they conflict.

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1. Age classes

2. Parallel classes

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