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DeGrasse 2017 vs Owens 1936

paul macdermid

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Andre DeGrasse replicates the track and shoe conditions of Jesse Owens from 1936 to compare their performances.

Can a modern day world class sprinter beat Jesse Owen's time under the same conditions

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Here's a video of Andre DeGrasse replicating the physical conditions that Jesse Owens had in 1936 and running almost a second slower. link to this video And a TED Talk that covers how much technological improvements have contributed to faster times vs the athletes just "being better". https://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger/transcript Physical conditions matter a lot. Also there was no exogeneous steroids in Jesse's era either. Other things existed that would cause them to piss hot in a modern drug test, but none as effective as steroids.
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