Citius, Altius, Fortius
Issue 345 | Page 85 | Published Jun 2012
Description
This article describes some of the research that has been done to consider whether (as a result of human endeavour alone), records will always continue to be broken or whether there are limits to the shortest achievable times in running and swimming, or the greatest achievable heights or distances in jumping events.
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