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I was puzzling over exactly this during Ledecky's win in the 800m. I watched a replay with constant WR graphic overlay, so you could see her gaining and losing
by sambe 10y ago
I was puzzling over exactly this during Ledecky's win in the 800m. I watched a replay with constant WR graphic overlay, so you could see her gaining and losing ground on it. IIRC the BBC commentators also contradicted themselves more than once about whether she was going even better or about the same (without really realising something strange was going on).
Try to catch a replay if you can.
- jessaustin 10y agoOne really doubts they have good enough records to accurately draw that line. More probably they're just moving it at a generally constant speed, fudging a bit at the turns.
- sambe 10y agoRight, it goes away for a second or so at the turn. But the pattern is pretty accurate, because at a minimum they have the splits.