Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....the countdown has begun for 2060 when scientists in France say no more sports record will be created or broken. If experts at France’s biomedical and epidemiological institute of sport, Irmes, are to be believed, then the world would have reach its physiological capacity just over 50 years from now.
According to Irmes, athletes have been consistently using their increasingly exploring their capabilities over time. Way back in 1896, when the world’s first modern Olympics were held, athletes were using 75% of their physical capacity but after more than a century, they are employing 99% of it.
The researches at Irmes, which has connections with the French sports ministry, say that by 2060 athletes will be using the entire 100% of their physiological capacity and that would imply no more records being set or old records being broken. That will be the end wall for all sporting records.
Head of Irmes, Jean-Francois (cedilla) Toussaint, says:
It’s the beginning of the end. We are reaching the limit in terms of physiological capacities of the human race. One can observe phases rich in records at the start of the century, and in the 20s and 50s to 60s, and two sluggish periods corresponding to the two World Wars. But since the 1970s, the graphs show an inexorable decline in the number of records beaten.
Mr Toussaint further said:
It is improbable that a man on two feet will one day run the 100 metres in nine seconds.
The world seems to be reaching the climax in one particular aspect. Sport is the biggest turn on in he world and it appears that by 2060 much of the charm of sport will be lost.
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Source: the Telegraph
