Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim Gray wrote: >On Sat 30, Jan'10 at 7:46 PM +0000, Frank Dernie wrote: >> Along the same lines does anyone remember the official Olympics jump the >> start delay I seem to remember that runners can be penalised for jumping >> the start even if they leave the blocks after the starter pistol, by a >> delay considered to be faster than a human can respond. >> Am I dreaming? > >I think its 100 ms. IIRC a Canadian sprinter was DQ'd for repeatedly reacting more quickly that was considered possible. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com