World record speeds for two Olympics events have fallen over time. We can go faster

Ready, set, go break a record.

As elite athletes compete for top accolades in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, at least a few world records will undoubtedly fall. But some of the Olympics’ speediest events — the 100-meter dash and the 50-meter freestyle swim — haven’t picked up the pace in more than a decade. Though records are made to be broken, how much faster humans can go on land or sea is an open question.

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