Ysplix

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During Olympic Games (and not only) in Classic Greece, they used to use a special mechanism to control the simultaneous starting of race horses, or racers. This mechanism, already used in 344 BC, was a system, positioned to the race start point, in front of racers, to avoid early starts. It consisted of vertical wooden pales and twisted animal nerves. The mechanism was called Ysplix.

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