The University of Waterloo study finds that Olympic track and field athletes typically reach their peak performance around this age.
In the quest to understand the pinnacle of human athletic performance, researchers at the University of Waterloo have delved into decades offound the median peak age for Olympic track and field athletes was around 27, regardless of gender.
This may be because of the physical toll elite athletes face, explained Dr. Paddy McCluskey, the team physician for Athletics Canada. They looked at five factors: gender, nationality, event type, the length of time the athlete had been training at an elite level and whether it was an Olympic year. “And so that window is looking like less than four years on average for an athlete in general to make an Olympic Games. And so the prime is this time interval of how long the best performances in your life are achievable. And the peak is the age when you get your single best performance in your event discipline.”was 28 when he set a personal best and won gold in the 100-metre race at the Olympics in Atlanta.Canadian seniors are getting a top-up to old age benefits.
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