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human
ELI5: Will certain Olympic sports reach a point where progress can't be made in them?

To fix ideas, consider the 1600 meter race. While its astounding that people continue breaking record in this event, am I correct in assuming that eventually "peak human performance" will be reached? For example, it seems unlikely that an unmodified human will ever reach a point where they can run the 1600 meters in 30 seconds. When "peak performance" is reached, will such events be meaningful (given that records will never be broken)?
gpt
While record breaking may become increasingly rare, remember that participants aren't racing against records, just each other. So sure, records may one day become harder to break, but the races themselves will mean pretty much as much (or as little, depending on who you ask) as they do now.