How has FloJo’s 100m world record remained unbroken for so long compared to men’s 100m sprint?
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The cynical answer is that it is easier to hide performance enhancing drug use in men than it is in women. Since most performance enhancers enhance stereotypically “male” traits like muscle-mass, the physiological changes are more obvious in women. This means that any woman who juiced herself enough to be faster than this would likely be disqualified because of the more obvious traces, both externally and in her blood.
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