The fastest runner had been disqualified for stepping off the track. His coach called the marshal biased. (biased: partial, prejudiced, slanted) The marshal claimed impartiality. (impartiality: objectivity, neutrality, fairness) A disinterested observer could review the film, he offered. (disinterested: impartial, unbiased, neutral) The coach nominated his own sister. She might be objective, but her evident stake in the result would make objectivity hard to establish in the eyes of the crowd. (objective: unbiased, impartial, dispassionate; evident: apparent, obvious, manifest; objectivity: impartiality, neutrality, dispassion)
The youngest runner had seen a detail peripheral to the official camera's view. (peripheral: marginal, outer, outlying) A fallen baton lay across the lane. Rather than contend endlessly about the rule, he offered his own video. (contend: argue, dispute, debate) The leading runner had stepped aside to avoid clipping a child's fingers. The lane violation was indisputable. (indisputable: incontestable, undeniable, unquestionable) The reason for it was also demonstrable. (demonstrable: provable, verifiable, evident)
The officials let the posted times stand while the committee examined the applicable rule. (applicable: relevant, pertinent, appropriate) The winner walked his medal over to the man who had come second. The runner declined it. He asked the boy with the phone to send his coach the footage. He wanted his sister to see the part nobody had applauded.