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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Saw article today Bolt close to being fastest possible.
Statistician claiming that Bolt is close to the maximum speed a human can attain. And similar is true at 400m. This would mean without some "enhancements" or some unexpected improvement there won't be many more records broken at 100m and 400m, maybe once more and that's it. Bit like if some archer got 720 in the ranking shoot. That's the maximum, no-one can beat it. |
I remember American Bob Beamon establishing a long jump record that, at the time, was said to have ruined the event because it could never be beaten. Over 29 feet with the competition nowhere in sight. It took nearly 23 years but Beamon's record was taken by Mike Powell.
Beamon was called a human kangeroo but eventually even his achievement was surpassed. Usain is a slow starter after all
