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Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

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3 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

Using tv or stream to judge walkers is against the spirit of the sport  :redcard:It'd be like using electronic scoring in epee instead of waiting for the fencers to admit they have been touched.

Or like using simple technology to determine whether or not a long jump is valid :p 

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Rules say the referee needs to see it with the naked eye though. Once those rules are changed (sensors in the shoes, cameras, whatnot), the athletes will adapt to that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, any time now.  Of course, the day they do that is the day the sport dies.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, any time now.  Of course, the day they do that is the day the sport dies.

Why would the sport die?

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Why would the sport die?

Because it’s all based on an impossible premise!  That’s the reason they don’t want TV replays: everyone lifts!

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Because it’s all based on an impossible premise!  That’s the reason they don’t want TV replays: everyone lifts!

If they were to have sensors and base decisions on that, walkers will obviously adapt their technique in such a way that they are - as they are now - right on the boundaries of the rules. Like athletes in most sports always push the rules and sometimes break them (and then get penalized, like here).

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Because it’s all based on an impossible premise!  That’s the reason they don’t want TV replays: everyone lifts!

They can simply define a tolerance. I don't understand why this would be such a problem, just chose a reasonable amount of time where both feet can be off the ground while keeping the spirit of the sport.

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