{"id":5807,"date":"2019-09-30T22:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/09\/doha-athletics-german-women-sprinters-get-new-close-ups-censored\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T22:52:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:52:55","slug":"doha-athletics-german-women-sprinters-get-new-close-ups-censored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/09\/30\/doha-athletics-german-women-sprinters-get-new-close-ups-censored\/","title":{"rendered":"Doha Athletics: German women sprinters get new close-ups censored"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Two small cameras are installed on the start block of each sprinter.<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">New close-up camera shots of sprinters settling on the starting block after two German players complained are being limited.<\/p>\n<p>The World Athletic Organization IAAF agreed to show only close-ups of squat players waiting for a starting pistol. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Block Cam&quot; is an innovation of the world championships held in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Gina L\u00fcckenkemper and Tatjana Pinto complained that they did not consult about cameras installed on blocks for 100m races.<\/p>\n<p>Their complaint was filed by the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) by the German Athletics Association (DLV).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Gina L\u00fcckenkemper said it was &quot;very unpleasant&quot; to keep the camera too close.<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>L\u00fcckenkemper and Pinto were both pushed out of the 100m semifinals and called the intimate camera &quot;very suspicious&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>L\u00fcckenkemper said, \u201cI think it&#39;s very unpleasant to step on this camera while entering this poorly dressed block.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">&amp; # 39; Empty stand is harming movement &amp; # 39;<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Doha 2019 medal and GB medalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On September 9, the IAAF brought more exciting news to viewers by releasing &quot;Trail Blazing Technology&quot; for the Doha World Athletics Championships, including &quot;A New Camera Bringing an Innovative Angle to Competition.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>IAAF director of the broadcaster James Lord said the existing camera shot &quot;showed only the top or side of the head when taking a ticket,&quot; and &quot;the new camera in the block will capture that intense moment just before the race.&quot; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569869127_828_Doha-Athletics-German-women-sprinters-get-new-close-ups-censored.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Media playback not supported on the device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media captions<\/span>Asher-Smith claim historic silver with Fraser-Pryce winning 100m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two small cameras were installed on each starting block for 100m and sprint obstacle races. <\/p>\n<p>In the settlement reached late on Sunday, the large screen close-up shows only the players crouching on the block at the moment before the sprint begins.<\/p>\n<p>The camera&#39;s video data is also deleted on a daily basis. <\/p>\n<p>The women&#39;s 100m final was won by Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Sprinter Tatjana Pinto (R) filed a joint complaint with L\u00fcckenkemper<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prominent German activist Am\u00e9lie Ebert supported the dissatisfaction of the sprinters and pointed out:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I often wondered why our players don&#39;t have the right to consult which picture to use,&quot; she told the German daily Rheinische Post. The shoot included a &quot;close-up of our splitting&quot;, she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty images Image caption Two small cameras are installed on the start block of each sprinter. New close-up camera shots of sprinters settling on the starting block after two German players complained are being limited. The World Athletic Organization IAAF agreed to show only close-ups of squat players waiting for a starting pistol. 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