Listen "Jumping the gun"
Episode Synopsis
At last year’s World Athletics Championships, sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for false starting... after the gun went off. Officials said she started faster than humanly possible. How can that be?
This episode originally ran on June 15, 2022.
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