If I see a Reebok official who may not be in the best shape firing the starting pistol and Carl Lewis wearing Nike shoes, I'm going to go with Carl because that's the authentic link.

如果我看到一个状态不佳的锐跑高级职员开发令枪，而卡尔·刘易斯却穿着耐克鞋，我会选择卡尔，因为这才是真正的联系。

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Starting: All the events begin when the starting pistol shots.

发令：本次比赛采用一枪发令所有项目同时起跑的办法。

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The athletes darted off as soon as they heard the shot from the starting pistol.

裁判的发令枪一响，运动员们像箭一样冲了出去。

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Competitors will share the start gate with the wheelchair athletes but their starting pistol goes off three minutes later.

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Last Friday he set off from Billericay with John Baron, MP for Basildon and Billericay, firing the starting pistol.

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Almost 2 months of frustration was released, if not like a champagne cork, certainly a reaction to a starting pistol.

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