masukuma wrote:Impunity wrote:maka wrote:kaka2za wrote:No.7 is the clear winner here
100% fair...
They consider the head first. ..the head must cross the line to determine the race. ...u have been seeing athletes finish by putting their heads in front.
Diving is perfectly allowed as per the current laws.
it was fair... it was legal... it was wonderful. it's all about throwing everything in there.
IAAF RULE 164
The Finish
1. The finish of a race shall be denoted by a white line 50mm wide.
2. The athletes shall be placed in the order in which
any part of their bodies (i.e. torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs,hands or feet) reaches the vertical plane of the nearer edge of the finish line as defined above.
Truth forever on the scaffold
Wrong forever on the throne
(James Russell Rowell)