FASTER, HIGHER, FARTHER FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE?!

Abstract

Athletics is the sport that cannot be influenced by subjectivity, because the highly-advanced modern technology allows the measurement of performance with great precision. World records are increasingly rare. If over 20 years were needed to eliminate a few seconds, nowadays, performance improvement is limited to tenths or even thousands of a second, because the human body has its own biological and biomechanical laws. One of the most common journalistic expressions is that records are set to be broken. But how far can we push the physical limits of the human being? This paper is a journey back in time to highlight the most impressive world performances in the history of athletics.