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.
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It happenned to me twice.
Judged first I had a slower time.
Judged second I had the faster time.
This was when each lane had timers, no touch pads.
Lane timers are humans too (sometimes).
They have different R.T.s (reaction times) to the Starter's signal and for the finish some are expecting the touch and possibly pushing the button at the moment they believe the swimmer will touch (kind of like a relay start) and some other timers might wait until your wrist bends backwards to make sure you touched. And I used to wonder :How can there be one finish judge? How can he see eight finishes almost at once?
It happenned to me twice.
Judged first I had a slower time.
Judged second I had the faster time.
This was when each lane had timers, no touch pads.
Lane timers are humans too (sometimes).
They have different R.T.s (reaction times) to the Starter's signal and for the finish some are expecting the touch and possibly pushing the button at the moment they believe the swimmer will touch (kind of like a relay start) and some other timers might wait until your wrist bends backwards to make sure you touched. And I used to wonder :How can there be one finish judge? How can he see eight finishes almost at once?
