[Leica] False starts

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

Fro Wikipedia:

*Athletics (track and field)*

In track and field sprints <javascript:searchWiki(%22Sprint_(race)%22)>, the
sport's governing body, the IAAF <javascript:searchWiki(%22IAAF%22)>, has a
rule that if the athlete moves within 0.10 seconds after the gun has fired
the athlete has false started.
[2]<javascript:scrollToAnchor(%22cite_note-1%22)>This figure is based
on tests that show the human brain cannot hear and
process the information from the start sound in under 0.10
seconds.[3]<javascript:scrollToAnchor(%22cite_note-2%22)>This rule is
only applied at high-level meets where fully automated motion
sensor devices are built into the starting blocks that are tied via computer
with the starter's gun. In the vast majority of lower-level meets, false
starts are determined visually by the officials.

Since 2003, IAAF <javascript:searchWiki(%22IAAF%22)> rules state that after
any false start committed, all athletes are
warned.[4]<javascript:scrollToAnchor(%22cite_note-3%22)>Any subsequent
false start by any athlete, or athletes, leads to immediate
disqualification. Previously disqualification occurred only after the same
athlete false-started twice.[5]<javascript:scrollToAnchor(%22cite_note-4%22)>

In August 2009 the IAAF <javascript:searchWiki(%22IAAF%22)> announced that
from January 2010, a zero-tolerance stance to false-starts will be adopted.
Athletes false starting will immediately be
disqualified.[6]<javascript:scrollToAnchor(%22cite_note-5%22)>


Larry Z