System and method of continously tracking at least one competitor on an athletics track

A method of continuously tracking at least one competitor an athletics track, the method comprising the steps of:

• attaching at least one wearable transponder to the at least one competitor,
• wirelessly submitting a query and a timestamp to the at least one wearable transponder, the query provided with the timestamp,
• receiving the query and the timestamp by the at least one wearable transponder, generating a transponder specific response based on receiving the query and the timestamp, and wirelessly transmitting the transponder specific response,
• receiving the transponder specific response by at least three stationary receivers distributed across or around the athletics track and determining a runtime, wherein the runtime is indicative of a point in time relative to the timestamp at which the transponder specific response has been received by the respective stationary receiver,
• determining a position of the at least one wearable transponder relative to the athletics track or relative to the at least three stationary receivers on the basis of the runtimes received from the at least three stationary receivers.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program that is configured to, when executed by a processing unit of a system for continuously tracking at least one competitor on an athletics track, cause the processing unit to:

• determine a position of at least one wearable transponder relative to the athletics track or relative to at least three stationary receivers on a basis of runtimes received from the at least three stationary receivers,
• wherein the system includes at least one wearable transponder that is attachable to the at least one competitor,
• wherein the at least one wearable transponder is operable to generate a transponder specific response and to transmit the response to at least three stationary receivers in response to wirelessly receiving a query that is provided with a timestamp,
• wherein the at least three stationary receivers are distributed across or around the athletics track and wherein each of the at least three stationary receivers is configured to wirelessly receive the transponder specific response and to determine a runtime, wherein the runtime is indicative of a point in time relative to the timestamp at which the transponder specific response has been received by a respective one of the at least three stationary receivers,
• wherein the system further includes a camera connected to the processing unit and configured to capture an image of the athletics track, and
• wherein the computer program is further configured to, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to overlay information in the image, wherein the information is related to the at least one wearable transponder.