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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
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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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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