To the Point
Can We Keep Getting Faster, Better, Stronger?
Every four years, the world focuses on Olympic athletes.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readEvery four years, the world focuses on Olympic athletes. The pressure is on—for the Gold, instead of the Silver or Bronze—with the expectation of world record performances. How much longer can this go on?
The demands on Olympic athletes are more than physical: they are psychological. And, now that sports are a multi-billion dollar business, they’re economic as well. Will human beings always be able to be “faster, higher and stronger”--or are we approaching the limits of the human species?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Caitlin Shamberg
KCRW
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Peter Weyand
Associate Professor of Applied Physiology and Biomechanics at Southern Methodist University
Jeff Peakall
Environmental fluid dynamics researcher at the University of Leeds, and Director of the Sorby Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Janice Forsyth
Director of the International Center for Olympic Studies at Western University in Ontario Canada