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Did you know? A photo finish — used since the 1948 Olympics — photographs athletes at 40,000 frames per second. The "photo" is not a normal shot but a time-stacked line photo: one pixel strip per moment. That's why finishers sometimes look distorted in the photo.

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A photo finish — used since the 1948 Olympics — photographs athletes at 40,000 frames per second. The "photo" is not a normal shot but a time-stacked line photo: one pixel strip per moment. That's why finishers sometimes look distorted in the photo.

Een fotofinish — gebruikt sinds de 1948 Olympics — fotografeert atleten met 40.000 frames per seconde. De "foto" is geen normale opname maar een tijd-gestapelde lijn-foto: één pixelstrip per moment. Daarom zien finishers er soms vervormd uit op de foto.

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