Originally Posted by
andre nickatina
there's advantage in coming down the banking and getting a little added 'oomph' from the walls vs. the guy in the sprinter's lane who gets no such advantage.
the guy in the sprinter's lane should have gotten his acceleration off the banking, too. And if they're not already both at the bottom of the track going into the last turn at high speed then the sprint is starting pretty late. I don't know that I've seen many sprints recently where there's still someone up high going into 3/4 for the last time.