Clock issues????
Are you kidding me?
That being said, I have been there about 15 times, beautiful place
Are you kidding me?
That being said, I have been there about 15 times, beautiful place
And Štuhec out for rest of season. torn knee ligaments once again.
That sucks.And Štuhec out for rest of season. torn knee ligaments once again.
Second podium of the season for Lara Gut-B. First in DH.
https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-s...cial-results-of-crans-montana-ladies-downhill
"The FIS Timing Working Group and Swiss Timing immediately undertook an investigation of the incident including controlling the timing system, electronic and manual timing tapes. The reason that the four times were not recorded was as a consequence of the set-up of the photo cells at the finish, which were mounted too high. After two training days the snow level was somewhat lower due to the multiple runs and slipping on the course as well as melting due to the sunlight.
Thereafter the FIS Timing Working Group has confirmed that the manual times were then incorrectly calculated on Saturday 23rd February, with the correction factor of 0.13 seconds subtracted from the manual time instead of being added. Swiss Timing has since checked the timing tapes and re-calculated all the manual times from the race using the correct methodology, which has been checked by four members of the FIS Timing Working Group."
https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=AL&raceid=95568
The initial statement from Longines:
"The problem was due to connection issues between the infrastructure installed on the finish line and the timekeeping room. Consequently, the electronic timekeeping did not stop the finish time automatically for some of the competitors."
Sounds more likely than the "mounting too high" of the finish beams. "After two training days the snow level was somewhat lower due to the multiple runs and slipping on the course as well as melting due to the sunlight."
To miss the athletes, the beams would have to be over 30 inches off the snow surface. If the beams we're originally installed at boot height, then the claimed snow compaction and melting was 20 inches?
Yeah, sure.
What is the usual beam height for the finish line? What part of the skier are they looking for? I guess based on the way some skiers lunge for finish in some SL races, it must be very close to the snow? Like toe of boot or binding?
Yeah "beam too high" is total BS. These things are installed about 25cm above ground. If there would be so much snow melt, that all of a sudden beam would be 1.5m high, I guess someone would notice this Ok Gut is a bit smaller, so maybe beam would need to be just 1.2m heigh to miss her, but still.