Today's Olympian gymnastic feats completely wipe the floor with what their predecessors used to be able to do. Compare 1956 to 2012 for example:
From 1891 to 2009 the men's 100 metre sprint record dropped from 10.8 seconds to 9.58, that's a drop of 1.22 seconds in just over a century:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men's_100_metres_world_record_progression
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