Beer bet.
Does anyone have a link to the FINA rule that explains how automated equipment is used to judge relay take offs?
The FINA rules I've been able to find on-line first point you to section SW 13.1, which then points you to FR 4. But FR 4 doesn't address it.
I need the link to the explict FINA paragraph to win my beer.
I already have the undocumented statement from the Washington Post April 1, 2007.
"Officials ruled Crocker left 0.01 of a second earlier than the allowable start time. Crocker got off the blocks with a reaction time of -0.04 of a second. The most allowed is -0.03."
Thanks
Ande - That's not correct.
The rules say that if you leave early, then you are disqualified. Period.
The manufacturers publish different standards for what "early" means on their equipment.
For Omega, their system apparently has difficulty detecting the departure from the starting block down to about 0.027 seconds. So on an Omega system, -0.03 seconds on an exchange is legal. This is because their system will sense "departure" about 0.03 seconds before contact is actually lost.
Daktronics and Colorado Time Systems both publish a 0.00 margin. I.e., -0.01 is a disqualification on those systems.
There is no rule that says that you're allowed to jump "a little bit".
-Rick
Ande - That's not correct.
The rules say that if you leave early, then you are disqualified. Period.
The manufacturers publish different standards for what "early" means on their equipment.
For Omega, their system apparently has difficulty detecting the departure from the starting block down to about 0.027 seconds. So on an Omega system, -0.03 seconds on an exchange is legal. This is because their system will sense "departure" about 0.03 seconds before contact is actually lost.
Daktronics and Colorado Time Systems both publish a 0.00 margin. I.e., -0.01 is a disqualification on those systems.
There is no rule that says that you're allowed to jump "a little bit".
-Rick
