digital olympics tryouts

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Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou won at the Greek indoor championships on Saturday. The 32-year-old Thanou won the 60 meters in 7.28 seconds.

Now, that is hauling butt.

This brought two things to mind.
First, I can't run that far in 7 seconds.
Next, what about all the excellent sprinters who just can't come up with the ticket money to fly to Greece ?

It seems to me that we need a digital-age solution here.

So, why not just send pics in? Have someone take some pics of your sprinting with a timer?
I figure that I would be clearly still in frame at 7 seconds, maybe 5.

The easy way to do it? Set the timer on your digital camera to 5 seconds, then press the button and sprint.
Then, everyone just send their pics to the Olympic committee instead of flying everywhere for tryouts.

Anyway... I think we could do it here. Any takers?

Just set your camera down, set for five seconds, hit the button and haul butt away from it. Post a pic.
(Since this is non-binding, as far as the Olympics go, we will accept your measurement of your distance.)