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Originally Posted by dlish
highthief - as a runner yourself, you would also know that runners and especially sprinters mature and improve and peak at around late twenties to early thirties. as opposed to say swimming where they reach that point at a much younger age (between 16-23.
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Sprinters have tended to hit their peak between 25 and 27 - I'd bet most world records are set, for men, at that age. However, the most dramatic improvements for sprinters tend to occuer between the time they are teenagers and into their early twenties.
If Bolt's times improved in this fashion between the ages of 24 and 29, say, it would be very alarming. The fact that he improved his times substantially between 17 and 22 isn't particularly out of whack. He started from a pretty high standard to begin with, especially at 200.