Pacesetters have always been employed by race organisers for world record attempts with specific instructions for lap times. “The likes of Martin Keino (who paced seven world records), William Tanui who paced Noah Ng’eny and David Kiptoo made good money. I think some race organisers can still employ human pacesetters since they may not afford the new technology. Tangui, however, said the use of wavelight technology will see most world records lose value. Some top athletes have a feeling that the records set under the new technology should be classified separately –so that pacesetters can still have a place in modern day athletics.

Source: Standard Digital January 09, 2021 21:11 UTC