Why winning athletes are getting bigger

Friday, July 17, 2009 - 01:35 in Psychology & Sociology

DURHAM, N.C. -- While watching swimmers line up during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, former Olympic swimmer and NBC Sports commentator Rowdy Gaines quipped that swimmers keep getting bigger, with the shortest one in the current race towering over the average spectator.

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