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WEIGHT CATEGORIES

Participants of competitions are distributed into the following weight categories:

Younger children and schoolchildren

Cadets

Juniors

Youth

Seniors

Veterans

Male	Female
30	26
32	28
35	30
38	32
41	34
45	36
49	38
53	41
57	45
62	49
67	53
+67	+53

Male	Female
40	32
42	34
45	36
48	38
51	40
55	42
59	45
63	48
68	51
73	55
78	59
+78	+59

Male	Female
48	40
52	44
56	48
60	52
65	56
70	60
75	65
81	70
87	+75
+87

Male	Female
48	44
52	48
57	52
62	56
68	60
82	64
90	68
100	72
+100	80
	+80

Male	Female
–	–
52	48
57	52
62	56
68	60
74	64
82	68
90	72
100	80
+100	+80


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-
-
62
68
74
82
90
100
+100

In the junior and senior groups (men and women) the competitions for the Absolute Champion may be held without competitors' distribution into weight categories. Minimum weight in such competitions shall be stated in the Regulations.

Article 6. Weigh-in

The object of the weigh-in is to state the correspondence of competitors' weight to the limits of one of the weight categories. A competitor has the right to compete at the given competition only in the weight category stated for him at the weigh-in.
The order and time of the weigh-in shall be stated in the Regulations. A competitor who is late to the weigh-in or misses it is not admitted to the competitions. During 1 hour before the start of the weigh-in contestants are allowed to get on the scales used for the official weigh-in as many times as they wish.
The weigh-in shall be held one time on the first day of competitions or a day before and shall last 1 hour. If the weigh-in is held on the day of the competitions it shall begin not less than 2 hours before the beginning of the competitions.
It is allowed to use several scales but competitors of a certain weight category shall be weighed on the same scales.
The weigh-in shall be held by officials’ team appointed by the Chief official including a Chief official deputy (one of Mat chairmen), a representative of the competition secretariat, a doctor and two or three officials.
Before the weigh-in all the competitors shall undergo appearance medical control held by the competition doctor. Competitors shall be weighed in a special room or behind the screen, half-naked: men wearing athletic supporters, women-low-necked swimsuits.
At the weigh-in a competitor shall submit the document with a photo certifying his or her identity, competitor’s license, insurance, medical control card and the filled in form.
Results of the weigh-in are entered in the score sheet (appendix 8) that shall be signed by all the members of the officials’ team.