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Published online 30 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020527-5
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Chance breaks world records
Many track and field events have reached plateaux.
When Khalid Khannouchi won the London marathon last month in 2 h 5 min 38 s, he shaved 4 seconds off the world record. Now scientists are suggesting that chance, rather than stamina or skill, is behind this and other athletics records being broken.
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