Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > 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. Whatever happened to the runner's "anticipation of the gun" ? Steve > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information