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Vox's Unexplainable Presents: Jumping the Gun
Manage episode 496203910 series 3501295
Sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for a false start... after the gun went off... for running faster than humanly possible. Was that even true? Do sporting officials really understand how the body works? Or do we simply not understand how to define — and record — a race?
(This episode originally aired September 21, 2022.)
• Subscribe to Vox's "Unexplainable" podcast for more episodes like this, every week
https://www.vox.com/unexplainable
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304 episodes
Manage episode 496203910 series 3501295
Sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for a false start... after the gun went off... for running faster than humanly possible. Was that even true? Do sporting officials really understand how the body works? Or do we simply not understand how to define — and record — a race?
(This episode originally aired September 21, 2022.)
• Subscribe to Vox's "Unexplainable" podcast for more episodes like this, every week
https://www.vox.com/unexplainable
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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