The comparison of the gymnastics event is crazy. It’s like that with almost all sports though. Which makes me wonder how much of the increase in capability is by sheer numbers and allowing more people to participate and that we actually have new goals now to strive for?
I believe it's a combination of many things, but the "new goals" factor you mentioned is super important. This is why when a world record is broken, there is suddenly so many other people that also break that previous record.
The comparison of the gymnastics event is crazy. It’s like that with almost all sports though. Which makes me wonder how much of the increase in capability is by sheer numbers and allowing more people to participate and that we actually have new goals now to strive for?
I believe it's a combination of many things, but the "new goals" factor you mentioned is super important. This is why when a world record is broken, there is suddenly so many other people that also break that previous record.