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AUinHsv

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  1. For some reason it seems that the sound of the gun and the actual start are not in sync. Yesterday it absolutely looked like the 4x100 men and women were out of the blocks before you heard the gun. For some reason I think the false start is set up electronically and done visually. It has a preset value for a reaction time and is wired to the gun. If it registers you leaving before the specified reaction time it sounds the alarm
  2. Whats the back story on the 3 ex Cubans that now jump for Spain or Portuagal. Didn't think Cuba allowed athletes to leave.
  3. If I am the Italian coach I would consider a protest. That was a marginal block. I don't think it changes the result but the winner moved way outside lane 1 there
  4. What just happened there. The lead group comes out of the turn and they have a stretcher and stuff picking someone up in lane 3
  5. Were there no prelims for the womens 10K? That is a huge number of runners. Otherwise they just decided that the finals should have 25 or so.
  6. Just tossing this out. Say whatever you want about Lewis but he knew how to win in relays. World record here
  7. To be clear - she stopped short of the line after an huge throw. While staring at it she deiced to do a bunny hop which went over the line.
  8. No kidding. Total brain cramp. Almost like a swimming relay person jumping into the pool after swimming with the race still going on. Situational awareness
  9. I saw someone add that you can say what you want on the stream feed. No FCC looking over shoulder. This opens more possibilities in future
  10. And US men follow them. Crap... That was some really bad handoffs
  11. About 30 years ago a diver (maybe Russian?) was killed after hitting head on platform. That platform is insanely high. Before all sorts of legal restrictions we would go to Point Mallard which was nearby and they had a platform. No way you didn;t go off it after climbing up there in front of your friends. For no apparent reason none of us ruptured a spleen or liver hitting the water. You also quickly learned to grab your crotch.
  12. Everything about relays makes me nervous. Our track record (pun intended) is a hot mess. Just really glad the official in the mixed medley told the runner to get in the handoff zone since they were just walking around everywhere.
  13. Is this the first event with a repechage? I don't remember it before and it's pretty cool. Gives a second chance if you mess up
  14. and based on the mixed 4x400 relay it will be really nice if we don't try to wander out of the exchange zone either
  15. Saw somewhere that NBC said all medals awarded 24 hours later. Not sure why. Guessing they don't do that for the last day
  16. No kidding. What in the world was she thinking? It was like she heard the starter call it off except he didn't. And yeah - the hold times before the gun seen really long.
  17. Not to go old school but that was not close to what we ran. I ran distance and every Tuesday was 25 ( yep twenty five) quarter miles at race pace with a 220 jog (not a walk) between them. We had the number one high school miler in the USA and the number 1 or 2 two miler so those were run at just over 60 seconds. Our workouts for the quarter milers were equally intense.
  18. No kidding. That almost never happens
  19. I think it's probably the 1600. Makes it a lot easier to set up then subtracting 100 meters.
  20. Not just swimming for Rowdy. here is a video of him at home during the Kick Six from Auburn/ Alabama ten years ago. I think I remember posting it on the old website and commenting that sprinters live on their nerves for life. As an fyi he went to Auburn which explains his reaction.
  21. And subtract reaction time from NFL combine times. At combine the clock starts when the runner does
  22. WOW - Why was I thinking they didn't time past hundreds of a second? I think in swimming they call it a tie since they feel they can't get the distance totally exact between lanes.
  23. Just tossing this out. With all the electronics in these - the old rules of whether it clicks or not may not apply. grab a volt meter and see what the battery says. Low voltage from the battery can cause a world or weird symptoms in newer cars. On a 2019 it is probably time to replace it anyway.
  24. saw that. Interesting that the official pointed it out. How in the world did she not know where to line up? One job there. Not her first relay. She was wandering all over the place
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