100 metres in 8 second？

Many contemporary amateur athletes would have broken world records if they had taken part in the first Olympic Games. Since then, records have fallen in track and field year after year as athletic performances have continually improved.

If records fall, it is usually due to better equipment, training and diet, but recently, improvements have begun to slow down. At the 2000 Olympic, only three runners achieved Olympic bests with no world records. Some experts predict a ceiling for many events, such as 9.5 seconds. However, past predictions have nearly always been wrong.

When we talk about breaking records, we come across the issue of performance-enhancing drugs are originally developed to help people with illnesses, but in the wrong hands, they create supreme athletes making them faster and stronger than is normal for human beings. Taking these drugs is known as “doping” and although they enhance performance, they also cause serious health problems in later life for those who abuse them.

The sports world does not tolerate doping as it a fundamental form of cheating. Ben Johnson would still be the 100 metres world record if he had not been caught taking drugs