The German sprinters Gina Lückenkemper and Tatjana Pinto have criticized the installed in the starting blocks cameras at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. These are "unpleasant" and "very questionable".
Lückenkemper asked for her lead over 100 meters: "Was there a woman involved in the development of this camera? I do not think so." In Doha, for the first time, a camera is installed in the starting blocks, which takes in the faces of runners and runners at the start.
"It's very uncomfortable to climb over this camera to get into the block, so I do not know if you would like to be filmed from below by a camera," said Lückenkemper, who was 11.29 seconds Vorlaufdritte could move directly into the semifinals: "I think these cameras are not quite so cool."
For Pinto, who also qualified for the next round with her 11.19 seconds, it is "very questionable to place the camera there."
The final over 100 meters of women takes place on Sunday at 22.20 clock (live ticker SPIEGEL ONLINE).