disregarding the rules in the ladies final?

[Moushka]

Hello all,

I also was watching the womens Air Rifle Final in Beijing.
Great match! Unbelievable high performance!

But, I noticed, that one of the medal winners did not fallowed the rules, using a eyeblinder which was to wide.
The rule says:

7.4.7.6
Side Blinders attached to the hat, cap, shooting glasses, or to a head band, not exceeding 40 mm deep (A) are permitted. These blinders must not extend further forward than to a line from the center of the forehead (see also 7.4.2.3.4).

7.4.7.6.1
A piece to cover the non aiming eye not larger than 30 mm wide (B) is permitted.

She used a piece, that was wider than 30mm on the left eye.

Did everyone recognize it too?

I am really interested in comments about this matter.


(I tried to register here since 2 days, but no success)

Regards

Ursula

[1813benny]

Unfortuantely I was not able to make a precision measurement of the blinder on my tv screen from that distance.

Maybe the blinder police will disqualify them......

Seriously, I nor the officials believe that the blinder is what got them into the finals. The blinder rules were established for better photography to make the sport more spectator friendly.