Although athletic records continue to be broken, constraints on human physiology inevitably imply overall limits to achievement. Approaching these limits may change the nature of the Olympic Games.
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Masood, E. Swifter, higher, stronger: pushing the envelope of performance. Nature 382, 12–13 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/382012a0
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