
Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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The Bomb - Season Two of the Podcast
World athletics deny there is any problem and issued the following statement, these systems are calebrated and synchronized before any competition begins to ensure they are accurate. This process has been used for the past three world championships and was functioning as normal for the men's a hundred ten meters hurdles. Final all approved starting systems go through rigorous testing procedures at the university of cologne in germany before they are approved by world athletics.
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