Seb Coe: ‘Wavelight’ pacing technology good for sport
Ethiopia's Letsenbet Gidey follows the lights on her way to breaking the 5,000m world record in Valencia on October 7, 2020.
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World Athletics President supports the use of new methods
Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei (men's 10,000m) and Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey (women's 5,000m) blew two longstanding records apart in Valencia.
Both athletes 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.
Gdynia, Poland
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says he embraced new track technology that features pacemaking lights, a system used to great effect in two stunning world records last week.
