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INFOGRAPHIC: The Physics Of Olympic Bodies

Olympians from the 1912 games seem a bit shorter, a bit scrawnier, a bit more ... average. Over the past century, elite athletes' bodies have changed a lot, and this evolution has been propelled by the laws of physics.

Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

Source: NPR [http://www.npr.org/2012/08/09/158455089/olympics-physics?ft=3&f=1003,1004,1007,1013,1014,1017,1019,1128]

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