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I'm watching the World Cup Womens GS from Kronplatz on Eurosport and I've noticed that the graphics are now showing not only the splits at the three intermediate timing points, but also regularly updating throughout the run. I'm curious as to how they are doing this, I haven't noticed it in previous seasons.
Watching carefully, it's not on every gate, and it seems like it only updates when they hit the gate. So I'm wondering if they have sensors in the gates?
Does anyone know??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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RFID Tags on boots and sensors on poles? Accelerometers on the poles so they react when clipped?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@PowderAdict, I was thinking accelerometers, can't see RFID working reliably at those speeds.
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@Tubaski, I’d assume that they have a sensor on the skier, like runners in the marathons these days.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Wouldn't an optical gate across the piste be more reliable and effective? I doesn't take much to set a laser and reflector up.
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Having a quick search on it - found confirmation that the norm is optical gates, but also research from 2019 that proposed individual sensors next to the gates themselves to allow for more sensors in the field. Interesting.
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Looks quite cumbersome that, can't imagine slalom whippets being too happy about having that strapped to one boot? Wonder if it's in use with the FIS now or whether it was just a one off test? Haven't noticed them on boots but haven't really been looking either!
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