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Kids beat elite runners in fitness tests

Children can surpass competitive athletes on assessments of exercise-induced fatigue.
Young boy jumping in the air

Children tire less quickly than adults during experimental tests of cycling, running and vertical jumping.

Children are more physically fit, by some measures, than nationally competitive runners and cyclists.

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Nature 557, 8 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-04961-0

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