The German athletes have received support in the controversial use of cameras in the starting blocks at the World Championships in Doha. Amélie Ebert, board member of the independent association "Athletes Germany", joined the critics of the sprinters Gina Lückenkemper and Tatjana Pinto. "If at a competition, the usual camera work to be changed or even spicy camera positions to be introduced, a vote with the IAAF athlete representation would be desirable in advance," she told the "Rheinische Post".
"In general, we would appreciate it if there was a fixed procedure of coordination between organizer and athlete in such cases," said Ebert. She could understand the complaint of Lückenkemper and Pinto ("very questionable").
"I was a synchronized swimmer myself, so in a tight swimsuit sometimes with my legs over water," explained Ebert. "And I have often wondered why there is actually no say of us athletes, which of these recordings are used." Because there are some unpleasant pictures, "where directly in the balancing act" is photographed.