Talk:Mass start

I'm confused!
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm confused by this sentence:
 * Modern electronic technology has made it possible to get the time lapsed for each individual athlete from his crossing the starting line to his crossing the finishing line, the chip time, but it has not been put into applications.

What are we trying to say here?
 * The technology exist, but is not authorized to be used in competitions.--Nitsansh 22:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * The "chip time" measures the actual time that it takes an athlete to complete the course (from starting line to finish), while the "gun time" measures the time from the starting signal until the athlete reaches the finish line. In many marathons, for athletes at the back of the pack, the these may differ by many minutes, for elite athletes up front, not so much.
 * "official time" may depend on the race. Use of chips are becoming more common and chip time is easy to compute.  Some smaller races are begining to publish only chip time, some marathons publish both.  In the Columbus Marathon, for example, monetary prizes, and course records are assigned based on "gun time."  Chip time, however, is used for ranking the masses, and is good enough to use if you are trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon.  MrFizyx 22:31, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Sources?
Good idea for an article... although, it would be good if it referenced at least one source. -- MisterHand 04:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)