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Traditionally, a false start occurs when a runner starts before the starter pistol fires. But advances in technology have led to these errors being registered by a sensor attached to the starting block and connected to the starter...
...athlete's start registers under 0.100 seconds, the level declared to be unbeatable by scientific tests of human ability, the starter receives a beep in his headset to notify him of the false start, and he fires again to halt the race...
Upon discovering that he was the false starter, Christie was astonished and removed the red flag from his block, refusing to leave the lane of his last major track event...
...very first race in the 1896 Athens Olympics was a preliminary heat of the 100. The eventual winner of the race was a Bostonian named Thomas Burke, who after winning the final in 12.0 sec. went on to become a lawyer and a journalist; he was also the official starter for the first Boston Marathon in 1897. Americans have long dominated the event, winning 14 of 22 Olympic 100s, finishing one-two seven times and sweeping the medals twice. Interestingly enough, three of the first seven winners acquired law degrees, including Abrahams, the Brit whose 1924 race against anti-Semitism...
...players meeting for the first time. By next spring, interleague play, if approved by the players union, will be a regular part of baseball. Baltimore's Cal Ripken will have seen NL starting pitcher John Smoltz's best fastball; Cincinnati's Barry Larkin will know the break on AL starter Charles Nagy's curveball. Some players and fans, of course, fear the allure of the game may wear off if matchups like these aren't saved for All-Star games and the World Series. As for this year, some of the usual star power is missing. Ken Griffey Jr., Tony...