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The bibchip emerged as the response to the former monopoly held by a single solution provider for electronic timing devices: the aim was to reduce handling outlay associated with other systems for both event promoters and athletes. At the same time, the aim was also to break the monopoly and to reduce prices for chip timing systems through healthy competition.
The fact that the start number and the transponder are one and the same is the clearest benefit of the bibchip. In this way, there can be no mix-up of participants when distributing start numbers: the runner is simply identified by his/her start number. Above all though, all personal, logistical and financial costs associated with distribution are cut out; athletes don’t have to queue before and after the event and you are not weighed down by unnecessary financial risks – a clear money-saving advantage!
Handling children’s races with the bibchip is risk-free: the bibchip can also be handed out to 10-year-olds without a second thought about the payment of a deposit. Of course, short distance races, such as a 5km public race, with many late entrants can be handled more relaxed with the bibchip because the chips can be allocated very quickly. However, the effect of the bibchip system is at its most positive at large events because problems are straightened out on the spot.
These are the reasons why ‘school to run’, organised by active sports concept, has opted for the bibchip for its event in which 15,000 schoolchildren are expected to take part. The event, which will take place on 15 March 2006 at the Munich Olympic Stadium, will probably be the largest students race ever held in the world.
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