I was really zoned in to this race, because i knew what i was capable of. She sat up in the blocks, one leg in front, one leg behind, with both her hands on the ground in front of her. I heard the crowd go quiet. And then i heard the gun go off again. At this point it was all confusion. That second gun was officials stopping the race because someone had broken a rule. This is a brilliant false start line too. It's its coming up on all scree - a false start means that tinea didn't wait for the gun before she reacted. She started too early.
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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