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Elite performers are frequently described as having distinctive pre-sleep routines. The Norwegian champion Ingrid Solheim was known for adjusting her pillow exactly seven times before the start signal, and the Belgian Pieter-Jan Claes for humming the same four bars of a lullaby, a practice the IFCN ruled permissible in 2015 provided it stopped before stage N1.<ref name="ifcnrules" />

== Controversies ==

=== Doping ===

The IFCN's anti-doping code prohibits sedatives, sedating antihistamines, alcohol above 0.02% blood concentration, melatonin above 1 mg, and warm milk consumed within two hours of competition. In 2024, the American champion Brendan Oyelaran was disqualified after testing positive for chamomile; the decision was reversed by the Court of Arbitration for Rest after his team showed that the chamomile had been present in a hand cream supplied by the host venue.<ref name="oyelaran2024">{{Cite news |last=Achebe-Ward |first=Marcus |title=Napping champion cleared in chamomile case |work=The Twin Cities Observer-Clarion |date=June 30, 2024 |page=D1}}</ref>

=== Judging ===

Composure scoring has been criticized as subjective. A 2018 analysis in the ''Journal of Sedentary Athletics'' found that judges awarded composure scores 0.8 points higher, on average, to competitors who slept on their backs, which the authors attributed to "an unexamined cultural preference for the effigy posture".<ref name="jsa2018">{{Cite journal |last=Okonkwo |first=Ifeoma |last2=Lindahl |first2=Per |title=Posture bias in composure scoring at elite napping events |journal=Journal of Sedentary Athletics |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=5–29 |year=2018 |doi=10.5555/jsa.2018.2101}}</ref>

=== Olympic recognition ===

The IFCN applied for inclusion as a demonstration sport at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Both applications were rejected; the federation stated that the second rejection letter "arrived while the committee was resting" and that it would reapply.<ref name="ifcnhistory" /> Critics, including the [[International Association of Professional Yappers]], have argued that competitive napping is not a sport because "nothing happens". The IAPY's Secretary-General, Barnaby Quist, said in 2022 that he had watched an entire Power Nap final and "could not in good conscience call it an event"; the IFCN responded that Quist's commentary during the final had cost three competitors their composure scores.<ref name="quist2022">{{Cite news |last=Lindqvist |first=Tomas |title=Yappers and nappers trade words, mostly one way |work=The Fort Wayne Evening Sentinel-Bugle |date=April 4, 2022 |page=B1}}</ref>

== Health and research ==

Supporters of competitive napping cite research suggesting that short daytime sleep improves alertness and mood. The ''[[Journal of Applied Redundancy]]'' published a 2016 meta-analysis concluding that elite nappers were "more rested than non-nappers, and also more rested than they had been before napping".<ref name="jar2016">{{Cite journal |last=Marsh-Delacroix |first=Penelope |title=Restedness before and after rest: a meta-analysis |journal=[[Journal of Applied Redundancy]] |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=117–140 |year=2016 |doi=10.5555/jar.2016.0292}}</ref> Sports physicians have warned of overtraining; at least two elite athletes have been treated for what the IFCN medical commission terms "competitive insomnia", an inability to sleep outside competition conditions.

== See also ==

* [[International Association of Professional Yappers]]

* [[Lesser Tumbleton, Minnesota]]

* [[Project Lukewarm]]

== Notes ==

== References ==

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book |last=De Bruyne |first=Hendrik |title=Slapen voor de Eer: A Social History of Competitive Rest |publisher=Leiekant Uitgeverij |location=Ghent |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-00-302214-6}}

* {{Cite book |last=Moriwake |first=Tatsuhei |title=Forty-One Seconds |publisher=Shirokane Books |location=Tokyo |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-00-517733-0}}

[[Category:Fictional sports]]

[[Category:Sleep]]

[[Category:Endurance games]]

[[Category:Sports governing bodies (fictional)]]

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 Elite performers are frequently described as having distinctive pre-sleep routines. The Norwegian champion Ingrid Solheim was known for adjusting her pillow exactly seven times before the start signal, and the Belgian Pieter-Jan Claes for humming the same four bars of a lullaby, a practice the IFCN ruled permissible in 2015 provided it stopped before stage N1.<ref name="ifcnrules" />
+== Controversies ==
+=== Doping ===
+The IFCN's anti-doping code prohibits sedatives, sedating antihistamines, alcohol above 0.02% blood concentration, melatonin above 1 mg, and warm milk consumed within two hours of competition. In 2024, the American champion Brendan Oyelaran was disqualified after testing positive for chamomile; the decision was reversed by the Court of Arbitration for Rest after his team showed that the chamomile had been present in a hand cream supplied by the host venue.<ref name="oyelaran2024">{{Cite news |last=Achebe-Ward |first=Marcus |title=Napping champion cleared in chamomile case |work=The Twin Cities Observer-Clarion |date=June 30, 2024 |page=D1}}</ref>
+=== Judging ===
+Composure scoring has been criticized as subjective. A 2018 analysis in the ''Journal of Sedentary Athletics'' found that judges awarded composure scores 0.8 points higher, on average, to competitors who slept on their backs, which the authors attributed to "an unexamined cultural preference for the effigy posture".<ref name="jsa2018">{{Cite journal |last=Okonkwo |first=Ifeoma |last2=Lindahl |first2=Per |title=Posture bias in composure scoring at elite napping events |journal=Journal of Sedentary Athletics |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=5–29 |year=2018 |doi=10.5555/jsa.2018.2101}}</ref>
+=== Olympic recognition ===
+The IFCN applied for inclusion as a demonstration sport at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Both applications were rejected; the federation stated that the second rejection letter "arrived while the committee was resting" and that it would reapply.<ref name="ifcnhistory" /> Critics, including the [[International Association of Professional Yappers]], have argued that competitive napping is not a sport because "nothing happens". The IAPY's Secretary-General, Barnaby Quist, said in 2022 that he had watched an entire Power Nap final and "could not in good conscience call it an event"; the IFCN responded that Quist's commentary during the final had cost three competitors their composure scores.<ref name="quist2022">{{Cite news |last=Lindqvist |first=Tomas |title=Yappers and nappers trade words, mostly one way |work=The Fort Wayne Evening Sentinel-Bugle |date=April 4, 2022 |page=B1}}</ref>
+== Health and research ==
+Supporters of competitive napping cite research suggesting that short daytime sleep improves alertness and mood. The ''[[Journal of Applied Redundancy]]'' published a 2016 meta-analysis concluding that elite nappers were "more rested than non-nappers, and also more rested than they had been before napping".<ref name="jar2016">{{Cite journal |last=Marsh-Delacroix |first=Penelope |title=Restedness before and after rest: a meta-analysis |journal=[[Journal of Applied Redundancy]] |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=117–140 |year=2016 |doi=10.5555/jar.2016.0292}}</ref> Sports physicians have warned of overtraining; at least two elite athletes have been treated for what the IFCN medical commission terms "competitive insomnia", an inability to sleep outside competition conditions.
+== See also ==
+* [[International Association of Professional Yappers]]
+* [[Lesser Tumbleton, Minnesota]]
+* [[Project Lukewarm]]
+== Notes ==
+{{Notelist}}
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+== Further reading ==
+* {{Cite book |last=De Bruyne |first=Hendrik |title=Slapen voor de Eer: A Social History of Competitive Rest |publisher=Leiekant Uitgeverij |location=Ghent |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-00-302214-6}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Moriwake |first=Tatsuhei |title=Forty-One Seconds |publisher=Shirokane Books |location=Tokyo |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-00-517733-0}}
+[[Category:Fictional sports]]
+[[Category:Sleep]]
+[[Category:Endurance games]]
+[[Category:Sports governing bodies (fictional)]]