The level one seminar will be the first time Norway has hosted a Technical Officials course which will see a new group of students begin the process of becoming elite officials.

"The Norwegian Triathlon Federation (NTF) is both proud and happy to host the first ever ITU Technical Official course in Norway," said Dag Oliver, general secretary of the NTF.

"We are also extremely happy that ITU guru Thanos Nikopoulos will facilitate the seminar.

"The majority of the participants enrolled so far are Norwegians but we still have room for friends from other locations in Europe."

The course is part of a three-tier Technical Officials programme run by the ITU, and aims to provide the participants with the theoretical and practical training required to make them capable of officiating at national events as a technical delegate and at continental events as a technical official.

Level two is designed to enhance the skills of the participants in officiating continental cups, multisport continental championships, and multisport series events as technical delegates, while level three covers World Championship venue and technical operations, Olympic policies and procedures, Para-triathlon operations, team relay operations, communication strategies among technical officials, athletes and coaches, and sustainability.

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