BERLIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The German IAAF Member Federation, DLV, in
cooperation with the IAAF will be carrying out a major Biomechanics Project
during the 12th World Championships here from Aug. 15 to 23.
According to a news release from the IAAF, the aim of the project is to
continue the international work in the field of biomechanics of the past years,
in order to support athletes and coaches in optimization and improvement of
their training and competition performance.
The finals of all events will be covered by the project, except combined
events.
For sprint, hurdles, relays and running events split times will be
analysed, and along with the race distributions will be shown in graphics.
In the events of long jump, triple jump and pole vault the distribution of
run-up speed will be measured and calculated by LAVEG laser equipment.
There will be 18 people involved in coordinating the project, specialised
for the different events.
Equipment will all be placed outside the infield in the stands and will be
composed of digital camcorders, laser speed measurement and computer equipment.
The calibration of the cameras will take before and after the competition
times.