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
I wonder, if one does a little hop a second before take off will the mechanism malfunction?
I think it would and I think this is why the NCAA rulebook specifies that the automatic system is only used to -0.09 seconds. They figure if it's more than that it should be a judge's call. Did the swimmer just leave really early, or was it something like you describe?
I wonder, if one does a little hop a second before take off will the mechanism malfunction?
I think it would and I think this is why the NCAA rulebook specifies that the automatic system is only used to -0.09 seconds. They figure if it's more than that it should be a judge's call. Did the swimmer just leave really early, or was it something like you describe?
