100 meter dash: 1924 vs 2024.

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[MikelArteta]

That's what I'm thinking.

Only Bolt has run sub 9.6
I think only like Bolt, Gay, Blake have run sub 9.7
Maybe like 12-15 people have run sub 9.8

9.5ish might be the limit

Honestly I think if powell didn't ease up here he would have a sub 9.7

 

[Remote]

We also have every technical advantage . Imagine 30 years ago a guy in timbuktu would have to prob videotape the olympics to see world class sprinting techniques etc.

Now you can just hop on YouTube

I think that's what helps boost the floor of talent in so many sports.

A person might never be Usain Bolt for a variety of reasons, but you could learn things from studying his techniques or diet and probably boost your own performance.

 

[Miggs]

I wonder how low we can theoretically get the 100m record? Outside of a huge outlier in Bolt, the winning time for the 100m in the Olympics has consistently been around 9.8ish for 30+ years

IN 50 years dudes will be running sub 9 second times and will laugh at 960 as tortoise speed...

 

[MikelArteta]

I think that's what helps boost the floor of talent in so many sports.

A person might never be Usain Bolt for a variety of reasons, but you could learn things from studying his techniques or diet and probably boost your own performance.

Yup
I learned how to mod a xbox 360 because of youtube , you can learn so much and pause and slow down etc. stuff like this wasn't even available twenty years ago.

example

 

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IN 50 years dudes will be running sub 9 second times and will laugh at 960 as tortoise speed...

People always think we have reached our limits on a variety of things.

And then the limits are surpassed.

People thought the 4 minute mile was impossible.

The record for holding your breath is over 24 minutes!

I don't even know what the record for the bench press was in the old days but the record now is 1400 pounds.

If you said these feats were possible in the 1920s they'd put you in a looney bin.

 

[Remote]

Yup
I learned how to mod a xbox 360 because of youtube , you can learn so much and pause and slow down etc. stuff like this wasn't even available twenty years ago.

example

That video is pretty interesting. Never would have occurred to me.

I could have used this advice to....still lose the 100m dash in high school phys ed class.

 

[MikelArteta]

People always think we have reached our limits on a variety of things.

And then the limits are surpassed.

People thought the 4 minute mile was impossible.

The record for holding your breath is over 24 minutes!

I don't even know what the record for the bench press was in the old days but the record now is 1400 pounds.

If you said these feats were possible in the 1920s they'd put you in a looney bin.

When you think of it though. Humans have only been running competitively (with time records available) for about 100 years. Consider how old the world is.

For all we know there was a breh in 1250 who was running 9.40

 

[RubioTheCruel]

IN 50 years dudes will be running sub 9 second times and will laugh at 960 as tortoise speed...

Naturally? Good luck. With gene modification/cybernetics? Possibly but that might be closer to 100 years away, not 50.

For the record, only 200ish people have ever broken sub 10 second 100m. 10-second barrier - Wikipedia

 

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Naturally? Good luck. With gene modification/cybernetics? Possibly but that might be closer to 100 years away, not 50.

For the record, only 200ish people have ever broken sub 10 second 100m. 10-second barrier - Wikipedia

They're not running sub-10 seconds naturally right now.

 

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People always think we have reached our limits on a variety of things.

And then the limits are surpassed.

People thought the 4 minute mile was impossible.

The record for holding your breath is over 24 minutes!

I don't even know what the record for the bench press was in the old days but the record now is 1400 pounds.

If you said these feats were possible in the 1920s they'd put you in a looney bin.

Progression of the bench press world record - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Bench press has 2 records now, regular and with a "bench press shirt" that gives more support



Nobody benched more than 400 before 1950 there are strong linemen in college who can do that now.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

They're not running sub-10 seconds naturally right now.

No shyt, but there's a big difference between PEDs and gene modification and cybernetics

 

[broller]

The way they started talking I legit expected it to be 3 seconds slower.

10.6 without padded tracks, proper shoes, etc is crazy

Frfr. That's actually impressive. I mean it was hand timed but still quite impressive.

 

[Samori Toure]

Only so much the human body can do honestly. I personally don't think we're going to be running at 35-40 mph.

I don't care what tech we have, physics is still a thing and human bodies are built the way they are. We'll never be a cheetah.

That said, the difference of .8 is enormous.

Last place ran 10.0, Bolt ran 9.69 so imagine this being 2.x as much between 2024 and 1924's Gold medalists:


A little dishonest of the person to say Lyles wouldn't have been a lopsided win back then.

Look up the science on Jesse Owens versus Usain Bolt.

 

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The way them cacs was running in the video, they wasnt running no damn 10.6

We know yall was cooking them times with them hand stopwatches in racist ass 1924.

Based on thier reason...Why havent cacs that run track continue to be dominate.

We know why.