Timing for athletics at the Olympic Games
Issue 345 | Page 67 | Published Jun 2012
Description
Video photography of races is now routinely used in international running events to provide automatic recording of the position within each race achieved by the athletes, as well as the time taken in order to check whether records have been broken. This article describes how several cameras provide the evidence that is collated using computers and is available for checking and verification by officials.
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