India: Chip in Athletes' shoes to locate real winner in race

Kanpur: Now the athlete's shoes will possess a chip recording accurate timing of touching the finish line in the running. events. This chip timing system (CTS) will put a check on the irregularity in the competitive games. This unique chip has been developed by the State Athletics Association.

Giving this information, PK Srivastava, general secretary, UP Athletics Sangh, said that this system would be applied in the city's marathon run and another field events.in the initial phase, it will be applicable in high-level competitions. It will help in finding the right candidate.

This new chip system will be inserted into shoes which will help record the accurate time of athletes passing through the locater.

In this case, no athlete will feel cheated as the chip traces the run precisely. Several find this new idea a good way to find out the real winner in the race. Thus, the run also becomes digitalised.