What Kind of Pistol Starts Races in the Olympic Games? #shorts

What kind of pistol starts races in the Olympic Games? It hasn't been a real gun for a long time. The original starting pistol had one major problem. The bang reached athletes at slightly different times. A few thousandths of a second sounds nothing, but for elite sprinters, it decides everything. So organizers tried placing speakers behind each athlete, but runners kept waiting for the real bang from the gun. That's why in 2012, but runners kept waiting for the real bang from the gun. That's why in 2012,

the entire system was replaced. The starter still holds something that looks like a pistol,