ACCURATE RFID SPORTS TIMING IN DEMANDING CONDITIONS UHF RFID tags were used for the first time in sports at the European Championship level Background Event organizer Team 226 used UHF RFID tags from SMARTRAC for the first time at European Championship level, for timing in the Long Distance Triathlon European Championships 2011 in Tampere, Finland. Challenge The long distance triathlon comprises a 4,000-metre swim, 120 kilometres of cycling and a 30-kilometre run. The timing is split into swim, transition, cycle, transition and run. The first stage of the race is the most challenging, as the RFID tags need to stay with the racers in the water for around an hour. The competition is hard to follow, and it is difficult to obtain accurate intermediate times before the racers move on to the cyc

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