Tinea was disqualified for reacting seven thousandths of a second quicker than the legal limit. Pressure censors in the starting blocks showed that tinia had started point zero nine, three seconds after the gun went off. Tinea walked off the track to make her case to the official. She said: "I couldn't believe it, because i just knew it was in me"
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for false starting ... after the gun went off. Officials said she started faster than humanly possible. How can that be?
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