Coe gives the thumbs up to Wavelight technology

October 16, 2020 10:16 pm | Updated 10:16 pm IST - GDYNIA (Poland)

Wavelight technology helped Cheptegei run to a new world record.

Wavelight technology helped Cheptegei run to a new world record.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Friday he embraced the new track technology that features pacemaking lights, a system used to great effect in the World records set last week by Joshua Cheptegei (men’s 10,000m) and Letesenbet Gidey (women’s 5,000m).

Both had a team of metronomic pacemakers around them who utilised Wavelight technology — a trackside visual time guidance system which lights up to indicate the world record pace.

“You have to innovate, there’s no question about that. I think Wavelight allows people in the stadium, people on television, to understand a little bit more about the incredible talent, the incredible speeds our competitors are running at actually lends to the type of understanding I want.”

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