Here, they are replaying it! No false start as far as I am concerned, or am I being blind and stupid?
Cha, on the other hand, was very unstable at the start but was allowed to proceed nevertheless.
I'm not going to say any loud words here or throw accusations. My point here is that if there is a margin of error allowed for the false start to be invoked (such as being unstable in the starting position), then it was dismissed for Cha but applied very strictly to the last draw (Dubreuil in particular).
The question is whether Roland Steenbeck, the German starter, wasn't experienced enough to hold 500 m starts or was there some sort of psychological pressure involved that he couldn't handle. Previously, he was a starter in Stavanger (Team Sprint women, 1000 m women) and the European championships 2020 (Team Pursuit men) + most recently at the Olympic 5k. Which makes me think that he doesn't have enough practical experience at 500 m starts?