Madrid WIT (Holloway 7.32 =AR heat; 7.29 WR, AR)

[gh]

corrected implies there was an error, when there most certainly was not one

[ATK]

"7.32....Now officially 7.29"
"7.32....rounded down to 7.29"
"7.32....corrected to 7.29"

Only one of these really makes sense

[gh]

In the myriad OG/WC/USATF/NCAA meets I've announced through the years, my preferred terminology for the crowd has long been

"unofficial winning time x....[ pause].... and the official winning time is y"

[gm]

In the myriad OG/WC/USATF/NCAA meets I've announced through the years, my preferred terminology for the crowd has long been

"unofficial winning time x....[ pause].... and the official winning time is y"

BINGO!

Also, it would be a nice short feature for one of the broadcasts to explain the difference, the tech, etc.

[Atticus]

corrected implies there was an error, when there most certainly was not one

??!!
The Flash Time, to 98% of the people watching, Is the finish time. WE know it has an inherent error in it, vis-a-vis what the camera will show. We expect a 'correction' (sometimes there is not one) to the OFFICIAL time.
This is, as usual, a semantic differential. We, here, understand, what's going on, but even I, a core-fan for OVER 50 years, never knew that some FAT crews make sure the 'error' is slower than the Offical Time, so there's lots of room here for discourse.