The IART System for Race Walking: Experience with World-Class Olympic Race Walkers †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Measurament Unit
2.2. Management Unit
2.3. Athletes and Experimental Protocol
3. Results
3.1. Judges Mode
3.2. Coach Mode
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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12.0 km/h | 13.0 km/h | 14.0 km/h | 14.5 km/h | 15.5 km/h | |
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LOGCT [ms] | 20 ± 10 | 35 ± 10 | 40 ± 10 | 45 ± 10 | 65 ± 10 |
False Alarm [%] | 8 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 100 |
Miss Alarm [%] | 64 | 52 | 22 | 55 | 0 |
TPR [%] | 92 | 76 | 66 | 86 | 0 |
FPR [%] | 64 | 52 | 22 | 54 | 0 |
Accuracy [%] | 91 | 73 | 70 | 79 | 94 |
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Caporaso, T.; Grazioso, S.; Panariello, D.; Gironimo, G.D.; Lanzotti, A. The IART System for Race Walking: Experience with World-Class Olympic Race Walkers. Proceedings 2020, 49, 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049079
Caporaso T, Grazioso S, Panariello D, Gironimo GD, Lanzotti A. The IART System for Race Walking: Experience with World-Class Olympic Race Walkers. Proceedings. 2020; 49(1):79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049079
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaporaso, Teodorico, Stanislao Grazioso, Dario Panariello, Giuseppe Di Gironimo, and Antonio Lanzotti. 2020. "The IART System for Race Walking: Experience with World-Class Olympic Race Walkers" Proceedings 49, no. 1: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049079