Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 1, 2010, at 8:24 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >>>>> That's exactly what the sprinter was DQ'd for: too many false starts, >>>>> even > though he started after the gun each time.<<<<< > > That's the first time I've ever heard of that? And given I've covered all > the Summer Olympics since Mexico in '68 to Barcelona in '92. Along with > Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games over the same period of time, > never heard it during any of these international games either. I'd love to see some sort of documentation of this fact/rule... pseudo documentation will do... (written, with out an IIRC) :-) Steve > > False starts as in.... "jumping the gun?" Seen lots of those. But > creating a "disqualification false start" due to not leaving the blocks > when the gun goes off? leaving the blocks too soon after the gun... sdb > Very interesting.... must ask one of the Olympic track coach's about that > one. > > cheers, > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information