Scientific Reports (Jun 2024)

Analysis of sports records evolution and limits based on integrated features

  • Lu Tang,
  • Mingliang Yang,
  • Bo Li,
  • Yumin Chen,
  • Yeting Zhang,
  • Xubin Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65350-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Abstract Sports records play a crucial role in understanding the limits of human achievement in sports. However, a thorough exploration of a comprehensive analysis of various sports records utilizing the existing statistical model has been lacking. This study introduces a framework for analyzing the integrated features and evolutionary trends of 23 sports records for men and women. It includes world records and intercontinental records from six continents, covering 6440 athletes from 2001 to 2020. Our findings indicate that human beings have not yet reached sports limits in athletic performance, suggesting a continuous improvement over time. Furthermore, we have investigated the contributions of our model’s parameters to the integrated features, emphasizing their robustness and convergence in handling data flow and information entropy. Additionally, our model underscores the significance of integrating various sports for ongoing advancement, in line with the Olympic motto “Together,” thereby promoting coordinated development.