There is no physiological limit that need to be defined, says macamiose. World athletics has said it's based on science. Machu malos argues his tenth of a second limit is just not based in science. And we don't know what the actual number is.
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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