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Old 02-19-2018, 12:34 PM   #169
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
And considering the precision of bobsleigh, not to mention the fact that only 5 one-hundreds separated first through third, I am shocked that they don't go to the thousandths

Five kilometers of sliding on ice and a hundredth of a second can't separate them
Could be intentional - it is for swimming. Intentionally lowering precision allows ties where higher precision could be decided by things outside the athlete's control (like changing track conditions, perhaps).

http://olympstats.com/2014/02/12/tim...olympic-games/
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