Inside “Project 99”: Why the 800m Is Faster Than Ever and the Race for the First Sub-1:40
Zitat:So what is driving the fast times in the 800 this year? The most likely answer is that it’s a little bit of everything. The top runners are holding on better on the second lap, probably due to a combination of bicarb and running a tad less aggressively early in the race. The shoes might help. One or two of them (gulp) might be doping. Last but not least, 2024 featured a talented crop of athletes pushing each other and coming of age at the same time.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal (Friedrich August von Hayek)
