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How technology is used to detect false starts in athletics

Ferdinand Omanyala dashes to cross the finish line in the 100m race during Kipkeino Classic-World Continental Tour Gold in Nairobi, May 7, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

In major athletics events, a false start is one of athletes' biggest fears.

A false move can change the entire outcome of the race just as witnessed during the 2011 Daegu World Championships when the then world’s fastest man and defending World champion Usain Bolt was disqualified from the 100m final.

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