Gloomy , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

It took me literally less than a minute to google and disprove that claim in this ‘article’:

The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:32 hours for men, set by Samuel Wanjiru in 2008, and 2:23:07 hours for women, set by Tiki Gelana in 2012.

1.Wikipedia is not a scientific source.

2. You are, if anything, showing that men are faster than woman. The claim the authors make is about endurance.

I found this study that seems to support their point.

“Men Are More Likely than Women to Slow in the Marathon”

researchgate.net/…/263585668_Men_Are_More_Likely_…

This article is not scientific, its simply an opinion piece and should be treated as such. And honestly I don’t even think it was a good opinion piece. And why is it hosted on Scientific American?

I can’t read the article so unfortunately don’t have the grounds to agree or disagree with you. But I’d be carefull voicing my option like this when your only source is Wikipedia and isn’t speaking about the claim you are trying to disprove.

Edit: incase anybody is interested in reading some more real evidence instead of Wikipedia, this study goed deep into mens vs womans endurance and highlights a few problems with research focusing on males as the baseline.

Sex Differences in VO2max and the Impact on Endurance-Exercise Performance