phelps was lucky there.... Cavic was gliding, phelps hit the wall dead on, perfect stroke counting.
however, i can see why there might be controversy as its so close.
as a swimmer i'll have to tell you that its probably not all that amazing or even rare, having swam competitively for years finicky timing pads are just a way of life, thats how it is and we accept it, thats why Cavic isnt up for contesting the result. thats why we are always taught to mash the pad hard to register a time. the pad's sometimes arent all that accurate (though these being new and the whole building being state of the art, id imagine these are some of the most accurate) and some take more force than others to trigger though and sometimes, the time recorded at the pad isnt even used.#
the number of times my time hasnt come up on the board and they;ve had to resort to back ups and stop watches is ... well quite a lot, and thats despite punishing the pads at the end.
they cant be too sensitive, or waves will trigger them
the ref's have a back up button thats linked to the pad, just incase the swimmer didnt hit the board hard enough to register a time and failing that, they have the good ol fashioned stop watch.
phelps was lucky there, it was all down to stroke timing.... Cavic was gliding in, phelps had his hands going through the air so he had the better chance of hitting the wall first. phelps got the perfect finish there...thats exactly how you want to end a race...at the end of the recorvery portion of the stroke.
Didn't hit his board hard enough? That doesn't make any sense. You either hit it first or you don't. I also like how in the pics they took the time to put the diacritic over Cavic's name but didn't spell Phelps right.
like i said, if u dont hit the board hard enough it wont register and it'll go off the back up time which is activated by the time keeper at the end of the lane which in theory will be a slower. basicallly, you get a time no matter what. theres so much more to swimming than just bombing up n down the pool.
Those boards are really sensitive. It's really amazing to use them. If I remember correctly they're capacitive rather than touch based. Might be wrong though.
He'll get 8. The us mens team are favorites in the relay.
yeah if they loose that, they need a stern talking to