I searched and couldn't find this posted, but I could have missed it.
Anyways, its pretty interesting because the official basically says Cavic touched first, but didn't "push" and slid, while Phelps pushed with force, etc etc. (He talks about this right at halfway through the video)
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Personally I think you have to live with however the time system works as long as it is functional. If it was functional and Cavic didn't press hard enough, its tough luck.
The only alternative is to just present a "tie" when you are within the margin of error of the equipment.
Frame six is a blowup of frame 5 and it doesn't look like Cavic has touched to me
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../content.6.html
I'm not sure what people are seeing here that I'm not. I realize it's difficult to tell, but it certainly looks like he hasn't touched yet. Even if it did show Cavic touching it certainly doesn't show he touched before Phelps since Phelps is clearly touching the wall in that same frame.
As far as the Omega guy, who knows? Maybe he's a crackpot? If he's seen video showing Cavic touching first I'd like to see it. Seems to me the Serbians delegation that filed a protest was satisfied Phelps won when they were shown the tape after the race. Again, if there's evidence that Cavic touched first, let's see it.
Frame six is a blowup of frame 5 and it doesn't look like Cavic has touched to me
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../content.6.html
I'm not sure what people are seeing here that I'm not. I realize it's difficult to tell, but it certainly looks like he hasn't touched yet. Even if it did show Cavic touching it certainly doesn't show he touched before Phelps since Phelps is clearly touching the wall in that same frame.
As far as the Omega guy, who knows? Maybe he's a crackpot? If he's seen video showing Cavic touching first I'd like to see it. Seems to me the Serbians delegation that filed a protest was satisfied Phelps won when they were shown the tape after the race. Again, if there's evidence that Cavic touched first, let's see it.
