Not sure if this should be posted here, sorry if not..
as i read here..
"That said, the mathematics of record-breaking—also known as “extreme-value statistics”—tell us that, all things being equal, the frequency of world records will tend to diminish. At a certain point, we’ll have rolled the dice so many times that the chance of our beating our best score drops close to zero. That’s why new sports and new classes of competitors typically produce more records than old ones. Women athletes weren’t allowed to compete in the Olympic marathon until 1984. Since then, their record time has dropped by about 10 minutes, while the men have managed to shave off only five."
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http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-07/fyi-will-athletes-ever-stop-breaking-records
What are your thoughts on athletes breaking world records? And do you think world records will ever stop being broken?
