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Originally Posted by jackson41
In my defense. Lets take a different look at athletics since 1915. This is a proggression of the mile world record.
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Yes, this shows that people train harder and better today. More is known about the human body and nutrition. Much more attention is given to techniques that yield the optimal result. However, as human beings, they're no better than their 20s/30s/40s counterparts. If Ruth had been born in 1970 and had the benefits of today's expanded knowledge & training he'd have an OPS of 1.500-1.600 - without being suspected of using any performance enhancers.