“ Today 64 percent of track and field world records have stood since 1993. One world record, the women’s 1,500 meters, hasn’t been broken since 1980. When Berthelot published his study last year in the online journal PLoS One, he made the simple but bold argument that athletic performance had peaked. On the whole, Berthelot said, the pinnacle of athletic achievement was achieved around 1988. We’ve been watching a virtual stasis ever since.”
Boston.com on peaked performance, noted by Marginal Revolution.
I thought the same thing as we watched Stephen Strasburg strike out 14 in his debut, throwing 34 of his 94 pitches at more than 98 MPH, pitch two more games, then turn himself in for Tommy John surgery.
Source: marginalrevolution.com
