I've been watching the underwater replays.
It looks simultaneous. It's impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.
And that's why electronic timing is actually measured to the 1/1000th although results are displayed and recorded in the (e-?)books only to the 1/100th. Therefore, electronically (faulty pads or not) Phelps won by a whopping 10/1000th of a second.
I've been watching the underwater replays.
It looks simultaneous. It's impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.
And that's why electronic timing is actually measured to the 1/1000th although results are displayed and recorded in the (e-?)books only to the 1/100th. Therefore, electronically (faulty pads or not) Phelps won by a whopping 10/1000th of a second.
