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Caster Semenya also got a very warm reception. Well deserved after all she's been put through IMO.
 
Corax said:
That's one petty criticism I have - I wish they'd use an actual starting pistol, instead of a poor quality and unconvincing recording of one.
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The pistol will be heard by the closest athlete first. With the recording, they put speakers behind each athlete so they all hear it at the same time.
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Why will they need binoculars? :confused:
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Because the athletics track has to stay, which means that the spectators will be much, much further away from the pitch than is at all desirable for a football ground. All purpose-built football stadium are built with the objective of having the fans as close to the pitch as possible as one of the top priorities.
 
Corax said:
:hmm:
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Seriously. Sounds travels at 340 metres/second. If you're 9 metres away from the starting pistol you hear the sound 2 hundredths later than someone who's 3 metres away. Given sprint races are often that close, then speakers is the only way to go.
 
Corax said:
Because the athletics track has to stay, which means that the spectators will be much, much further away from the pitch than is at all desirable for a football ground. All purpose-built football stadium are built with the objective of having the fans as close to the pitch as possible as one of the top priorities.
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Oh right. Well if people are able to watch discus, hammer throw etc. I'm sure they can see a few footballers. It's probably better that all those rich footballers are kept away from the poor peasants anyway ;)
 
Corax said:
Because the athletics track has to stay, which means that the spectators will be much, much further away from the pitch than is at all desirable for a football ground. All purpose-built football stadium are built with the objective of having the fans as close to the pitch as possible as one of the top priorities.
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They'll never fill that stadium for an athletics meeting. Maybe they can combine an athletics meet with a West Ham game and they might get two-thirds of the way there.
 
bi0boy said:
Seriously. Sounds travels at 340 metres/second. If you're 9 metres away from the starting pistol you hear the sound 2 hundredths later than someone who's 3 metres away. Given sprint races are often that close, then speakers is the only way to go.
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Yes. Not just that, but false starts aren't just called because someone moves before the gun sounds. It is also a false start if someone moves so soon after the gun has sounded that there hasn't been time for the nerves to send their signals to the muscles to move yet.
 
bi0boy said:
Seriously. Sounds travels at 340 metres/second. If you're 9 metres away from the starting pistol you hear the sound 2 hundredths later than someone who's 3 metres away. Given sprint races are often that close, then speakers is the only way to go.
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Blimey.
littlebabyjesus said:
Yes. Not just that, but false starts aren't just called because someone moves before the gun sounds. It is also a false start if someone moves so soon after the gun has sounded that there hasn't been time for the nerves to send their signals to the muscles to move yet.
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Well they should at least use a better quality recording then!
 
If you've ever watched a football match, you've experienced that delay. When someone kicks the ball over the other side of the pitch, you see the kick a significant time before you hear it.
 
littlebabyjesus said:
If you've ever watched a football match, you've experienced that delay. When someone kicks the ball over the other side of the pitch, you see the kick a significant time before you hear it.
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Much greater distance though. I'd (incorrectly) assumed it wouldn't be significant with a starting pistol.
 
Corax said:
Because the athletics track has to stay, which means that the spectators will be much, much further away from the pitch than is at all desirable for a football ground. All purpose-built football stadium are built with the objective of having the fans as close to the pitch as possible as one of the top priorities.
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Until you realise that the furthest seat at Olympic stadium will be closer to the pitch than the furthest seat at Wembley! Plus there are plenty of stadia in Europe that host football and have athletics tracks!
 
That civil rights / Tommie Smith piece would have been better if it didnt have the Transformers music in the background.
 
The US womens reserve 4 x 100 relay team have just destroyed the rest of their semi-final.

edit: sorry its round 1, not the semi-final
 
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