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World Service,11 Sep 2000,13 mins

Timing Systems in Sport

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Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second. A competitor can be tracked via GPS using satellites in the sky. Photos are taken from multiple angles, and provide enough data to get an accurate measurement.

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