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Peer reviewedAlexandrov, Igor; Lucht, Phillip – American Journal of Physics, 1981
Sprinting is described by a simple physical model. The model is used to predict the differences between the recorded times for races on a straight track and on a curve. It is shown that the choice of the running lane makes a nonnegligible difference. (Author/SK)
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