DEVON ALLEN ROBBBED. .09999?

More reason for him to play football and stay away from this sport.

This is actually incorrect. The rules state that it is up to the Starter to decide if there was a false start based on what they and the other starters observed. The electronic block readout is simply an aid to help determine whether there was a false start but the decision is solely at the discretion of the starter. I am a starter and just took the level 4 course where they explain electronic blocks and that they are simply an aid and not determinative of whether a false start occurred or did not. After viewing it myself, I don't see how there was a false start and in my opinion it should have been ruled as an unfair start or technical error without any DQ.

It' an arbitrary standard that is being used.

Must you always troll?

When you really really want to believe something, it is normal human tendency to come up with all kinds of justifications for it and ignore all evidence to the contrary. That is how conspiracy theories thrive.

Gaither from the Bahamas was DQ from the same lane earlier in the day.

Running under protest is no longer allowed.

I am amazed at the system apologists here: "The system was set up before the meet and they followed the system so the system can't be wrong and Devon Allen is illegal."

I have never met a system that wasn't flawed. This system is completely flawed without a video review to confirm an early start. We all saw the video, it did not show any advantage gained, they all started at exactly the same time. Did they all guess the starter's gun at exactly the same time?

Sure, it might be humanly impossible to react faster than a certain number. But do you know what would be even more humanly/statistically impossible? To guess the starter's gun to within .002 seconds twice in a row, like Devon Allen allegedly did.

There were two recent situations. One she was DQ'd but then reinstated before the next round. (100m 2022 USA's)

The other she was under a court order of a temporary stay of a drug suspension. (100h 2021 OT)

Neither was technically "running under protest."

And in the first round of the Men’s 100m alone. 16 guys had a reaction time of .118 or faster. 16! How is it possible for so many guys to be within 2 hundredth of an “impossible reaction time”. Fred kerley was .107 in the first round. Two guys were .104. Coleman was .104 in the finals. Cunningham was .109 in the finals.

I'm still upset about this DQ. He was robbed of a huge moment at his alma matter because of a rule that everyone agrees is ludicrous. Gotta imagine that's going to leave a pretty bad taste in his mouth as he tries to make the Eagles

It's not possible. That's the whole point.

No. He was robbed because their reaction time system isn't working correctly.

They could have given him a warning. (And noted that video showed he didn't move.)

It seems to be both, in that either being corrected wouldn’t have resulted in a FS. As discussed above the limit should be at most 0.09, in which case he wouldn’t have false started. And, had the sensors not been returning abnormally low reaction times across the board, he wouldn’t have false started. Two dreadful errors, one still to be confirmed (system malfunction), combined to create a devestating moment for track and field.

I counted 40 times over all the sprints so far (including one in the heptathlon) in which athletes were under .120 reaction time. I may have missed a few. There were quite a few at .110 or better, including those you mentioned. Only two or three were counted as false starts, which is to say, under .100. I find it hard to believe that so many people are capable of getting that close to the absolute, impossible human limit of .100 on any given occasion without the real limit being significant faster. No one had under 0.085, I believe. Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman came very close to dq's with those .104 and .107. The standard obviously needs changing, particularly with the trigger happy mats they've been using since last year's trials where constant false starts were registered by the system.

Totally robbed. Did not false start. System is screwed.

The rule should be any amount of time, no matter how short, AFTER the gun is fine.

Wow. There have been many similar disqualifications at recent championships. I cannot recall such an outpouring of anger and so many threads started. I wonder what's the big difference this time?

Always seems fun when people only complain about this when it's an American.