After the second day of competition, with an advance of one game, we already know the women's hockey final: vs . Finland literally bullied Italy, 40 shots to zero.
Tomorrow's matches will only serve to decide the two teams that will play for the bronze medal
Today results:
Group A: 0-6
Group B: 0-18
Stage 6 in Otepää (EST)
Women´s Individual Mass Start Normal Hill (5km):
1. Yuna Kasai 99.9
2. Haruka Kasai 97.8
3. Jenny Nowak 97.6
Full Final Result HERR
Yes (with the caveat that you'd need to change how you time the start of a run), but when looking at a 0.001s difference in a ski race you're just doing a coin flip anyway.
In general I think less significant figure in timing is better, because it ensures you're only measuring the actual performance and not stastical noise - if I had my way timing would not go above 10th of a second for endurance sports (heck I'm fine with just looking at seconds), 100th of a second for shorter time trials (like alpine skiing or speed skating) and 1000th of a second for head to head racing.
I took a physics class in university about error analysis (basically accounting for the limits of the accuracy of your instruments in scientific experiments) and it really radicalized me in my view that some sports are timed to a degree of "precision" that doesn't make sense.
Been a while since we've had a good judging scandal & here's a classic.
"A Cypriot rhythmic gymnastics judge has been banned for four years for manipulating scores to help her compatriot qualify for the Paris Olympics."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ckgnp3j646xo
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