Comments on: WOC 2022 Knock Out Sprint: Maps, Results and Analysis

By: Pee

Pee — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:40:08 +0000

They should use actual finish time instead of “adjusted finish time” for calculation of split times.

That results diffrent finish times in split times vs. officila results but IMO that is less worse than now when split times gives wrong order of runners in controls.

Even better would be that also official results would allow runners have same time but different placing (so no need for adjustement)… unfortunately systems doesn’t seem to support that.

Even better: IOF should allow usage oif 1/10 seconds in knock-out heats.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:26:08 +0000

Totally agree on that. Don’t understand why they have left out the lucky loser bit now that everything else is modelled after the sprint skiing competitions…

By: Øystein Grøvlen

Øystein Grøvlen — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:39:23 +0000

In order to motivate runners to run faster, one should do like in cross-country skiing sprints, and let some runners qualify on time (“lucky loosers”). For example, one could have two semifinals where the two best runners plus the two best times qualified for the final.

Having only two semifinals would also make the competition more fair. This time, the women from the first semifinal got almost twice as much time to rest compared to those who qualified from the third final.

By: Øystein Grøvlen

Øystein Grøvlen — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:30:53 +0000

I do not follow the logic in “we need to calculate the splits during the course backwards from the finish-time”. Could not the adjustment to finish-photo be applied just to the split time for the last leg?