• AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The men’s 100 meter dash was “won” by 0.005s. the Olympic committee cares about time, no matter how small.

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      2 months ago

      But they don’t care as much about getting the ruling right in the first place? Is the timer on an appeal as precisely administered as a competiton timer, or is it handled with the same attention to detail as correctly scoring a routine?