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by tedunangst 682 days ago
> They decided that any start less than 0.04 seconds after a teammate tags the wall is a false start

This appears to be regurgitating a source that misread the primary material. The differential is actually -0.04s. I.e., before they touch the wall.

https://swimming.ca/content/uploads/2015/05/chief-judge-elec...

https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/02/08/77c3058d...