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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4353168, member: 7511"] Not exactly. Nobody is starting before the gun. The .1 second standard is reaction time after the gun sounds. The starter’s gun is tied in electronically to the starting blocks. There is a pressure sensor on each block where a runner places their feet. If a sensor detects pressure on a block that comes less than .1 second after the starter’s gun sounds, that has been deemed to be faster than humanly possible to respond to the gun, resulting in a false start. I agree, particularly in the 3 cases during this championship, that the technology punished runners with exceptional reaction times. But for many years it was entirely up to the starter’s eyeballs to determine a false start. That was terrible. I’m OK with technology to solve the problem. But it’s pretty clear that the .1 second standard should be reduced to .7 or less, which does appear to be the human reaction limit for a world class sprinter. [/QUOTE]