How to break new records in the 200 meters

Usain Bolt’s 200m record has not been beaten for ten years and Florence Griffith Joyner’s for more than thirty years. And what about if the secret behind beating records was to use mathematics? Thanks to a mathematical model, researchers have proved that the geometry of athletic tracks could be optimized to improve records. They recommend to build shorter straights and larger radii in the future.

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