Olympic Runners Are Fast. On Tokyo's Fast Track, They're Shattering World Records
It's no accident that the track feels fast to runners. The Italian company that designed it says their goal is to take "human speeds to levels never reached before."
TOKYO — Sprinters, hurdlers and other runners at the Tokyo Olympics have been crushing their previous times and in many cases setting new records for their events.
Records, as they say, are made to be broken. But are these athletes getting a boost from the track itself?
"I would say it's a pretty fast track," said U.S. hurdler Sydney McLaughlin, minutes after she smashed her world record.
"Of all the tracks that I've run on, that track feels
