The US sprinter Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh are equally dissipated . How do we know ? Well , yesterday , during the fair sex ’s 100 meter Olympics qualifier , they both finished the sprint in 11.068 bit — and not even a camera running at 3,000 flesh per secondly could state their performance aside .
Usually a high-pitched - hurrying camera , which takes three pictures every thousandth of a second , can well severalise who crossed the line first . Unsurprising , as its frame pace turn over it a preciseness of just 300 nanosecond between frames .
But Felix and Tarmoh have push that precision to the limit , crossing the line at the same time as far as the camera can tell . Unfortunately for the brace they both placed third , and the formula say that only the three fast base runner can progress through to the Olympics .
Sadly , this is where technology runs out . If neither chooses to concede their third place spot — and why would they?—the decisiveness is made through the toss of a US quarter ( Update : Ora runoff ! ) . Something tells us debauched television camera might be on the mode to sporting arenas in London as we speak . [ CNNviaThe Verge ]
https://deadspin.com/amateur-hour-at-the-u-s-track-and-field-olympic-trials-5920857
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