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
Yeah, I guess the problem with a force transducer is that as soon as you have a positive acceleration in the vertical direction the pad will say you left the block even though this probably happens a few hundredths of a second before your feet actually leave the block.
Yeah, I guess the problem with a force transducer is that as soon as you have a positive acceleration in the vertical direction the pad will say you left the block even though this probably happens a few hundredths of a second before your feet actually leave the block.
