Tracking the Performance Gap: How Puberty Shapes Gender Disparities in Track Events

Published on April 15 by Anna

New study looks at performance gap between boys & girls in track.

In running events, there's a consistent smaller gap from 7-12 of ~4%.

At 13, the gap jumps to 6% and keeps widening until by 18, it's at ~12%.

A clean way to see effects of puberty pic.twitter.com/V12fnqhZc1

— Steve Magness (@stevemagness) April 12, 2024

A clean way to see effects of puberty.