08-27-2003, 02:28 PM
I think the new rules by the IAAF should be changed again. The whole excitement (well not the whole but for sure a lot) of watching a 100m is the tension before the start with all the false starts and the acting of the runners. Another important factor is the times I think. In the 100m, like in more athletics disciplines, not a lot of world records are broken. If you now punish the making of one false start so heavily the runners will for sure make more slow starts, because they don't want to risk a disqualification. I think it might become much more difficult to run a WR with these rules.