Can an athlete be placed directly in the (semi) final and skip the heats?

Question

At the Dutch Senior Championships, a number of athletes are directly admitted to the semi-finals. How can I create startlists for the heats without including these athletes? And how can I indicate which athletes are directly admitted to the semi-finals?

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Answer 1

Athletes who "skip a round", i.e. do not have to run in the heats, but are allowed to run directly in the (semi) final. Let's assume this has to be done for the 100 meters (works for every event). You can set this up in Athletics.app as follows:

1. Edit the athlete
2. Remove the athlete from the event "100m"
3. Register the athlete for the event "100m (semi) final"
4. Select the correct startgroup for the 100m (semi) final.
5. Save the athlete's edits.

Note: Only competition administrators can do this. Also keep in mind that if you do this while registration is still open and the athlete himself/herself changes his/her registration later, you will have to perform the above actions again. It is therefore advisable to only do this after online registration has closed to possibly save yourself some extra work.

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