Geb took the record from 12:58 to 12:56 in 1994, Kiptanui took it to 12:55 the next year, then Geb broke it by 11s to 12:44 2 months later. In 1997, Geb ran 12:41 to break it again, before Komen ran 12:39 9 days later, then Geb broke it with 12:39 the next year. That's 6 WRs in 4 years, dropping the record by almost 20s. You'll notice Fisher broke the 5k indoor WR by 5s to run 12:44, whereas Geb broke the outdoor record by 11s to run 12:44. Afaik, the men's 5k indoor and outdoor WRs have been broken once in the last 20 years, by 5s and 2s respectively. That's NOTHING compared to what Geb did.
Between 1979-1981, the mile WR was broken 5 times (by two guys from the same country), taking it from 3:49.0 to 3:47.33, including a 9 day stretch where it was broken 3x by a total of 1.2s. Another guy from the UK lowered it by another 1s in 1985. So that's 2.2s in 6 years, with the record being broken 6 times. In the last 6 years, the indoor mile WR has been broken 3x, for a total of ~1.8s. Pretty comparable to what guys did 45 years ago, with the only difference being now, with all the supposed advantages of supershoes and supertracks, they're running about 2s faster.
So you think the benefit of 40 years of technological improvements, including supershoes, faster tracks, and better training, has not been able to produce better athletes than 2 guys from the same country 45 years ago? And they need drugs to explain the improvement?
Every race with talent in it is utterly annihilating world records - at all distances. This is since COVID. I’m tired of it. Stop posting about it. The sun rose this morning and no one wrote about it.
No olympic event record has been broken this week. Stop making such a big deal about records that are rarely contested. Indoor tracks werent as common as they are today so records are relatively weak compared to the outdoor ones. Also indoor tracks have become so much better that running indoor doesnt have any real disadvantage.
As mentioned, it's beginning to feel like swimming. Records set every week by seemingly "random" athletes. A sense that any new record could be bettered by someone else next coming race. All records assumed tainted by drugs and aiding technology.
You are completely clueless. Records in olympic events in the 50m pool are still a big deal. As in athletics short course swimming is much less contested than the long course. This year many stars that usually dont swim short course swam at worlds. Thats why many records fell. 25m pool records. Not 50m pool records (which are much more unusual).
Giving out orders with no authority, assuming that people care about whatever you care about out, asking a question that just ignores contract incentives and people's reactions. This is how to make a stupid thread.