Advances In Sports Timing- interesting(but long) article

RE: Advances In Sports Timing- interesting(but long) article

osterber — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:40:42 GMT

"However, because it is not possible to build swimming pools in which each lane is guaranteed to be precisely the same length, Olympic and world records are still recorded to the nearest one one-hundredth of a second." I hope that's not what they're actually doing. My understanding is that the timing rule says that thousandths-of-a-second are truncated, not rounded. ("Nearest one one-hundredth of a second" means you round up, which is not what you do.) Tsk, tsk, Omega. -Rick

RE: Advances In Sports Timing- interesting(but long) article

knelson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:38:07 GMT

For all but these world class swimmers & other athletes, the systems now in place work fine . I'd say it works fine for them, too.

RE: Advances In Sports Timing- interesting(but long) article

orca1946 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:00:08 GMT

For all but these world class swimmers & other athletes, the systems now in place work fine .

RE: Advances In Sports Timing- interesting(but long) article

Redbird Alum — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:55:41 GMT

The problem with RFID is the race becomes one of placing the chip as far forward at the finish as possible. If it is on the "fork" of the bicycle, then it is possible one rider's rim actually crossed the line first, but the second rider's microburst at the line got his/her chip there first. If it is on the hip or foot during track, it's the same thing, no more head ducks at the line for the win. In swimming, it's whatever body part (fingertip, elbow, head, butt) hits the wall. I would rather not have an RFID injected under my fingernails, lert alone those other parts!:afraid: