{"id":3557,"date":"2026-02-14T23:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2026-02-14T23:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:25:05","slug":"warning-long-distance-sunday-water-in-the-terrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/en\/2026\/02\/14\/warning-long-distance-sunday-water-in-the-terrain\/","title":{"rendered":"WARNING &#8211; Long Distance (Sunday) &#8211; Water in the Terrain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/important.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/important.jpg 597w, https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/important-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On the terrain for Sunday\u2019s Long Distance, there is standing water in the flatter areas (north of the starts). The water is shallow (approximately 15\u201320 cm) and does not present any danger to competitors nor does it affect navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation is the result of persistent rainfall throughout the week and was only identified on Saturday afternoon while controls were being placed for Sunday\u2019s event. As soon as it was detected, it was properly assessed by the Organisation, confirming that there is no risk to participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We emphasise that these areas do not affect safety or the technical quality of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Monday\u2019s Middle Distance event, this situation does not occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Tuesday\u2019s Long Distance Chasing Start, there may be a small area with similar characteristics on the south-eastern edge of the map, likewise without any impact on safety or on the quality of the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the terrain for Sunday\u2019s Long Distance, there is standing water in the flatter areas (north of the starts). The water is shallow (approximately 15\u201320 cm) and does not present any danger to competitors nor does it affect navigation. This situation is the result of persistent rainfall throughout the week and was only identified on Saturday afternoon while controls were being placed for Sunday\u2019s event. As soon as it was detected, it was properly assessed by the Organisation, confirming that there is no risk to participants. We emphasise that these areas do not affect safety or the technical quality of the competition. For Monday\u2019s Middle Distance event, this situation does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3557\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}