European Championships 2022

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hellywobs Aug 2022 10:06pm, 16 Aug 2022 128 posts	0 hellywobs Tech disaster if a first round jump is declared a foul only after the event has concluded. Presume that such things can happen but pretty poor implementation of the new regulation. Yes I agree. Had it been the last jump, well there's a bit more leeway but the first? They'd had ages to decide it was a foul!
rf_fozzy Aug 2022 10:13pm, 16 Aug 2022 18,011 posts	0 rf_fozzy Does anyone know the rules on this, because if the rule is that he has not to break the laser crossing the board and the system hasn't recorded a no jump, then I can't see how a protest using a video (which may not be in line with the board precisely) can be upheld. Surely the former has to take presidence over the latter unless there is a technical failure.
SPR Aug 2022 10:13pm, 16 Aug 2022 37,944 posts	0 SPR It's extremely poor.
SPR Aug 2022 10:15pm, 16 Aug 2022 37,945 posts	0 SPR It looks like one where plasticine would have worked well.
Sharkie Aug 2022 10:27pm, 16 Aug 2022 20,171 posts	0 Sharkie Bring back the plasticine!
Sharkie Aug 2022 10:28pm, 16 Aug 2022 20,172 posts	0 Sharkie (Lot of moaning going on about Other People's Eyesight at my level!)
jda Aug 2022 10:29pm, 16 Aug 2022 13,194 posts	0 jda Just imagine if the N+1th athlete then had to go out and take their final 3 jumps by themselves an hour later as they'd been erroneously eliminated at the half-way point. Of course runners do also get eliminated well after the event for lane and baton infringements. I assume the rule is that the athlete has to not go over the line, the laser is just a measuring device and not the rule per se.
larkim Aug 2022 10:45pm, 16 Aug 2022 18,698 posts	0 larkim My thoughts exactly jda, including that final paragraph. But very sour for the participant himself.
rf_fozzy Aug 2022 10:49pm, 16 Aug 2022 18,012 posts	0 rf_fozzy "I assume the rule is that the athlete has to not go over the line, the laser is just a measuring device and not the rule per se." Yes, but assuming the laser has been set up correctly (and there's no reason not to infer this), the question becomes is the laser not accurate and/or can we trust that the camera providing the pictures being used as evidence set up as perfectly? It's murky at best IMO.
SPR Aug 2022 10:50pm, 16 Aug 2022 37,946 posts	0 SPR It doesn't usually happen in the jumps though does it? The tech should improve things not add another layer of issues. Will be interesting to hear how it happened. Also other jumpers would have been influenced by that jump being on record to some extent.