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February 5, 2008PLoS ONEOpen Access

The Citius End: World Records Progression Announces the Completion of a Brief Ultra-Physiological Quest

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Population

3263 world records established for all quantifiable official contests since the first Olympic Games

Design

Other

Follow-up

Since 1896

Authors

GBGeoffroy BerthelotVTValérie ThibaultMTMuriel Tafflet

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Overview

World records nearing limits may inform athlete monitoring; leaves open physiological versus training drivers of performance plateaus.

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Population
3263 world records established for all quantifiable official contests since the first Olympic Games
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Outcome
World record progression rate and prediction of physiological boundaries

Human physiological frontiers in sports performance are predicted to be reached within one generation, as world records approach their asymptotic limits.

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Berthelot et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90db8ff61bbdbd5ac1a38fhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001552
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