Issn Print: 0195-9131
Publication Date: 2005/05/01
Assessing The Best Track And Field Performances From East To West: Is Sky The Limit?
Yuanlong Liu; Li Chen; Seungyun Shin; Dawei Wang
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Author Information: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
Excerpt
Assessing the limits of human athletic performance has been a very attractive topic not only to scientists but also to common people. Human being has been running faster and faster and jumping higher and higher through the world from east to west. Especially in last two decades, the best track and field performances in the Far East countries such as China and Korea have been improving dramatically. One is always wondering whether this trend would continue and when is the end. Is sky the limit for improving the track and field performances? There is little research in the literature to assess the trend of the track and field performances of the east and west countries. A suitable procedure is real demand for the assessment of the limits of human athletic performances.
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