If it isn't PEDS, what were the reasons for the incredible performances in Paris?

The track is faster?

That's the problem. There isn't a credible clean explanation. The sprint times in the shorter events showed the track wasn't superfast but much the same as usual. There has been no sudden change in shoe technology before the Games. Nor has there been a new and radical development in training methods and especially in the distance events. But what we saw were another level of performances in the md and distance events, and notably from runners who had previously not shown the level they achieved at Paris. Tirelessness is the catch word for these Games.

We also saw athletes from a group or nation surpassing themselves - like the US - and others - like the Kenyans, who have been absolutely reined in by the AIU - doing far less well. All of that speaks of doping - and when doping is constrained.

These Games are a modern watershed. They show that the real winner has been doping. Antidoping hasn't simply fallen behind; it has lost the war.

What improvement.? A fair number of olympic records set but how many world records?

Uummm it’s called the Olympics. Athletes train for 4 years to reach their full peak for the games. Name an Olympics where you haven’t seen incredible performances.

SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

None of the distance races were run like a time trial. The closest was the 800 which saw an insane negative split to 1:41x.

Same shoes as five years ago.

Purple track.

After years of studying the common red tracks vs blue tracks like Berlin, they blended the colors together to make a super track.

It isn't one or two incredible races, like Rudisha in London; there were outstanding feats right across the events - it showed especially in the finishes - quite a few journeymen surpassed themselves - and the US was leading this when it had never done so previously in distance running. If this was doping the Olympics were living up to the hype of the Enhanced Games, because that's what it looked like.

US runners. So we're talking Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse (I dont really follow the 800 so cant speak on Hoppel). Have these guys really come out of nowhere? Also, these guys all ran great tactical races, none of them dominated the field from start to finish. They're very good runners that outsmarted the competition. Simple as that.

Every now and then you would hear the announcers mention that a hurdler or even some of the field athletes had to re-adjust their step counts and markings due to the firmness of the track.

shoes + track. new technology in both.

Hearing on the conspiracy grapevine nobody was doping on purpose. The doping agents are released into the athletes without them knowing via unknown methods during the Games.

This levels the playing field so this was the fairest Olympics forever. So win for everyone.

5 years of training in supershoes and threshold work. You get a bonus from just popping on super shoes, but the real bonus is in training in them for years. You can do more work with less impact on the body. New heights baby

The fast track didn't help Quincy W

This generation's turtle soup: carbs, keytones, and bicarb

No. They’re simply not.

Shoe technology has kept improving - and will continue to do so. The shoes in 2029 will be better than shoes in 2024, vs 2019.

I think we saw so many guys/girls finish with extremely strong kicks this Olypmics despite running the rest of the race at a relatively fast pace (mens' 1500m). This could be due to the sodium bicarb system, new idea's around training (double thresholds), and shoe's allowing athletes to maintain decent pace without losing as much energy as previous years. Also training in super shoes has definitely had an effect in part due to injury prevention.