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The average young Untrained female will score about 2.0 lters/minute ar 38 mi.kgr.minr! compared to world class female endurance athletes which a few may exceed 70 ml.kgr'smin, See also some VO... results for athletes for specific examples for a range of sports. World Bests Below is a lst of Vane Scores (in the units per body weight: mi.kg*.mins) that have been recorded for a variety of athletes in @ range of sports. Not all the values have been verified, and the accuracy of these values may vary, as the scores achieved depend on the quality of the equipment used, the calipration of the equipment, and the testing protocols used. However, these values still provide an interesting list for comparison and discussion Having a high VO, does not necessarily mean that you will be success‘ul. although all the athletes listed below have been successful in their chosen sports, there have also been others equally successful who have not recorded such high VO, scores. 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If ou know of ‘something I have missed, it would be great to hear from you. 47.Comments Topend Sports ® Login Recommend 8 Bb Share Sorby Best, Join the discussion, oon on sien ue min ogaus @ 0006 -. |only googled this because | was watching a documentary on ty about it | scored 93.9 rmlkgimin atthe South Australian Intute of Sport in 1991 and 93.6 mUKgimin in 1989 ‘and wanted to know if was the highest ever -ecarded, I went on to win Olympic Gols In Syeiney 2000 in the Madison Cycing event ‘drug free If Chris Bares had done his research he would have seen that Start O'Grady and Brad McGee (aso in cycing) hhad tested above 82 at SASI under the sports scientist ‘Nell Craig! who also worked Under the AIS in the 90°. Hoy Bret, | rode against you in 1986-1980 and |can verily personally you rose loan and you wore a oyling machine. Your progress was consistent with Increased training loads as you matured year after year. 2A v «Reply Shave» Just stumbled across this content. Out of intrest, Callum Watson is put forward as the highest ever VO2 max recoded atte AIS, was 90. something and done in the last fow years. Calum isan Australian Cross-courity ski racer. Just ‘wondering about now Vo2 max was measured atthe SAIS inthe 806 versus recent times a the AIS in Canberra and if there are variations aver time in ‘measurement technology and technique. Munchma Quehi 4 Bet Aiken 2 mth 92 "hask David Marin and hell know precisely what the highest VO2s atthe AIS Av + Reply Share» Wake east Aken 4 yrs yo Brett -| would give a lot of veracity to score significantly higher than yours. Neither would I believe that highly trainee Olympic grade cycss, sprinters or stance runners could show any sigifcant improvement from "performance enhancing rugs", Av + Reply» Share» ‘Tm: Sys a9 hahaha these commentors area joke. There's Kids posting here saying they have (80+) rnkg scores for max tests. You have elther no idea what youre talking about, or the “universities” you got ested it are a complete joke ‘Average of NCAA D* distance runners (ne highest known average VO2 fer any college sport is around 70-74, I run at University of Oregon and mine was tested lat year as 728 (testes by the same human physiology department thats funded by both Nike and Columbia - both company founders went tothe university af aregon.) IF you think you have higher than this, go run a milo flat out, ty and run a mile close to atleast 4:20 pace Ifyou can, dort waste people's time here commenting about your Simply outrageous non-accurate Vo2 max scores. somebody cannot run a 4.20 mil, that does not mean they are wasting anybody’s time, just means they cannot run tat speed! 9A) v - Reply» Shares ntpsufinww lopendsports.comitestnglrecordsive2max him anasainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records NewporPersonatTeining cok + think the point he is making is that people are crazy! Htyour nota professional standard ata sport relying heavily on fitness (less ski Involved) then you prob dia not got over 80! but | agree a cyclist wil ever run 4:20min per mile (which is natonal standard), maybe a rugby player or footballer it would be applicable too, but its the same as asking ‘ma farah to swim or eycte fast, fhe cant then he I rubbish and Wing about being ft 3A. = Reply» Shar» ey GF NowpontPrena ning ok 4 years 9 ‘A football player no way or tughy for that matter. Cyclists know how to sulle. Football players ae jokes. aA) Y + Reply Stare Utra-Distance runners know how fo suter as wal) AY = Reply» Shares ‘Your logic 's nonsensical. One doos not have to play a sport to achieve a high V02 max. One only has to consistony tain ina manner tal best increases VO2 max. Needing to be“a professional standard al a sport hasta da with exactly nothing Hi body , there i lot of people who can run a 4min 20 pace mile, When i was at university we were 12 guys over 1 who were running under 4min mile Including John halvorsen wo was in out team. I score mysett ‘62 and Joha score 92 | stand with you... vo2 max without a correlated measurement of extraordinary performance means very itl. think ts funny seeing Amsirong with a 84 atthe bottom of the list, clearly one ofthe worlds best known endurance athlete, trainee under medical supenision to maximize his lung capacity lactatoWvo2 ‘max performance fr nealy 20 years. Maybe wo should consider the inconsistencies inthe test environments, What test insttument was used, were they diferent manufactures? What movements were tested: running, cycling sking swimming? what equipment was used -Example: personal bike or & spinning bike? how well dd the (bike) setup match the individuals race bike configuration. What was the allude ofthe test? ‘Anyway, my points these number shoulé net be compared agains each other because other tan the name ofthe test, there is no consistency or contro. At best these test could be used as a personal reference point forthe individual {aking tis test multiple times over their career. TA y+ Reply» Share orn Cayie 4 sy sao \What is missing here Is that diferent spots tend to have diferent VO2 ‘measurements. the more isolated a muscle group, the lower the VO2- hence cross country skies wil score higher than cyclists or runners. The notion posted above that itis @ joke that someone who can’ run a sub-4 ‘minute ile couldn't possibly have a higher VO2 misses that point, 'm prety certain that there are exactly zero sub 4 minute mils that could finish even a single TOF stage or ide at 31moh for an hour, but thats not \o diminish their amazing capacities, By al ighs I have no business to bbe @ world class athlte with asiver medal inthe olympics with my almond sized lungs and a VO? of 52... but ldo, Because i just one of ‘many mets. | generate and process lactic acid efcienty, so under a steady load my Aeroble Threshold (AT) onthe bike Is about 20 wats, BUT i often finished races that averagod in excess of 300 wats because I was pulsing out short segmenis of 800 or 1000 watts or more ‘and then resting. ve heard, but nt corroborated that motoryle ‘motorcross racers have the highest measured VO2's because they ‘exercise every muscle inthe body in @ push, pull, AND twist nd that no ‘other sport uses every muscle in such a consistent way As for Lance - ntpsufinwwclopendsports.comitestnglrecordsive2max him enasainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records was there when he did his VO2 test and it was an 84. He was 18 think, ich brings up the final element -f you are in excellent shape then your 02's essentially genetic t wont change much ff at all slong as your body woightis consistent. | took the VO2 3 times and scored the sam all 3 umes. James Page i: 00 ago [Armatrong was a good athlate, His frst TdF was average (44th place | believe) He became “great’ only when he stated a sophisticated doping regimine, using EPO, blood transfusions HGH, Corsone, Testosterone {tc In other words, he's 2 fraud. if you want to talk about groat cyclists, see Greg Lemond/Bernard HinaullEddy Merckz. Aldi it clean. Any three of them would have cleaned Armstrang’s clock ina sraight up ‘competion without doping 1A) w= Roply« Share» Martin Christensen > Janes Page 10 manne 299 why do you think they dit clean, that seems very naive to sume since not only were doping widespread back then as wel ‘as Merckz being tested positive 4 times in8 years, pretty much proves your comment wrong (punishmmant ware loss severe back then). Varus + James Page 6 mort ag0 He was the world champion at 21 prior to any doping, AY» Reply» Share Munchma Quehi > vars na a2 ‘Aemstong started doping al the OTC. iacek Kapaa 4 Janes Pape non a2 Lt me remind you that Hinault was suspended for one month for voicing the doping tests. Eddy Merckx was kicked out of Giro for faling doping test. They are as clean as Marco Pantani who was never cought but was suspended for exceeding 50% rule for hamatocrt. | don't believe knowing eycing history, that any (inuding LeMond, Froome, Wiggins and son on) eycst won ToF ‘lean on pan and aqua. BTW my 13-year old son just tok up his firs tests, His sustained VO2 max @ 275W was 66 while peak was 69 @ 300W, Aw» Reply» Shan Daddyfunshine 4 Te €wonine apo Part ofthe disagreement here is due to a misunderstanding of what VO2 max ‘means and is relationship with performance level. VO2 max is simply a ‘measure of how rapidly @ person can use oxygen, not how efficiently they can cover distance. Picture It ke an economical car verses a fuel guzzler. Obviously the ability to utlise oxygen is vital in endurance sports but so is efciency, which accounts forthe lower uplake inthe igh cadence alyes of Froome and ‘Armstrong, Crass country ekors use more oxygen due to thelr raqurement to recruit more mucle groups Furthermore it should be noted that VO2 maxis largely genetic and affected no ‘more than 10 percent by training. The lctuations in trained athletes’ VO2 max svores are largely accounted for by changes in body weight, not total oxygen consumption. Jeorson Lule Melcbiorate > Onidyishine men 92 ' had a 20% v2 increase this year. Vezmax comes from taining as well but limited to genetics. nobody ' bom ats top level AY + Reply» Share» Daddyfunshine > Jaton Ls Maeno 8 monte aoe ‘Where on earth did you got that data from, afness watch? ‘Armstrong ony vared around 15% from his peak to his near Intpsufwnwwclopendsports.comitesinglrecordsive2max him enasainaz018 ‘advising people on how you ait. you had a dramatic weight loss (ie 20%) then as | stated in the orginal comment, that would ‘explain But there's no way you can change maximal oxygen uptake that significant, AS + Reply = Share> eterson Lule Mechlortta > Oassfurana 3 moni 99 XC skiers have their huge vo? max forthe muscle use inthe ‘sport, surely, but some mountain bikers are doing xe sk to increase thei vo2 and excell at their sport as well. this why | believe vo2 is tainable, A Ys Reply» Shaves If you could measure his vo2 wnen he vas 18 and tothe top of his career how much it would have changed? | do believe 20% increase is ainable in absolute values Av» Reply» Share» limeny_Tan 5 yoo 92 Norwegian cross county skiers were doped from head to toe in the past wo decades, period. We do nat need to prove it. All we need todo is o look at footage and observe how inhumanly superior they were (kind ike DDR back in the 70s(80s). I's laughable, ‘Why Lance is stil on this st is beyond me. And when it comes tothe rest of cycling Jy Tan You are what in society wo lice to call an idiot. Go ahead... make assumptions, bt The Schiocks do not appear to use any drugs. Franck was partly excuses, lundersaind that. Andy while a superb cyclists nat atthe top, ihe was using Reply» Shores ‘When | was taking exercise science in college, we were taught in 1992 that the highest \VO2 maxes ever recorded were: Male - 92 and Female 88 both done by cross county ‘Skiers. In subsequent yoars looking up the records on the inlernet, Hound the same 2 valuos sted, Noithor of those is listed here ‘Aso in Lance Armstrong's autobiography, he states that he was tasted atthe Cooper Insitute whan he was 16 and scored the highest VO2 max they ever recorded (tink it ‘was 91). The Cooper Institute should have a record ofthat claim if rue. That also isnt listed here, A = Reply © Shar» Patricia Poeta: “Faca Isto Antes De Dormir E Esqueca Dieta" squeca Dieta nathan Pano 9 years oe ‘The reason why cyclists have sucha high VO2 max Is that they are usualy ightor than ‘most other athletes like footbal AY: Reply» shares ‘Yeah but runners are ever lighter and have to be more efficient in oxygen ‘consumption per kilo of body weight not specially to power in logs tke cyclists who dont ight gravity like runners do. Av» Reply» Snare» Van Doren est ens 9 Cyclists use more muscles Number of muscles used by runners is quite Iiited ntpsulwnwwclopendsports.comitestnglrecordsivezmax him anasainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records than a year. My predicted VO2Max was 80. | actually tested out on a velodyne at 68..a 40 years old. Nobody rewrate the protocols to cover the discrepancy. VO2Max appears tobe a crapshoot ohn Mandrake ys 99 Nakes sense the cyclists have the highest scores. A litle surprised at cross country ‘ers though making multiple erties on te table, Maybe I should pick it up. AY Reply» Shares ‘Stave Flat: our ap | had a max Vo? test back n 1982 which came out at 89.5 mlkglmin which my explain \wihy Inever ran more than 60 miles per but managed the following times having taken Lup the sport of running at 14 years of age 1.52 800m @)17 , 23.52 /5 miles @ 18 and 49.00/10 miles and 3.58 mile @ 18... as well as representing England at XC. before an Achiles inary ended my short career... but | eould be wrong !:0) tle 4 yr ape just scored a 54 VO2 max off just 20-25 miles a week of running forthe past couple ‘months, Im 34 and just stared back running from a long layoff of doing hardly anything, My 5K PR is 16:24 at 25 years ald again with very ite training maybe 30 miles a week aps, Upping my mileage teat least 40+ a week and doing internals ‘should bring my VO2 Max up to closer lo ~85- 70 | would imagine. lve never consistently ran more ike ~ 40 miles @ week as a runner. Thinking f| do | may achiave 8 VO2 Max of 70+ ISA Ere Ayoor. Train, Train, Train, You wil get faster, but our VO02 max won't go up signifiantly Unless you drop a lt of weight. (‘emember there isa “kg” atthe end ofthat equation) High VO2 maxis a git. tis THE gi that Pro spoke of. We all ecoived 2 git, ifs just trat some are more gifted. Keep training though, you wil become ‘more ecient, stronger, and more psychological ft..and faster to. Erie 418-4900 ‘So about 6 weeks later and upping my mileage gradually to 35 per week ve achieved a Vo2 Max of 60 (up 6 points) and I dont think Im even remotely close to maxing out. 1 gradually up my taining to 60+ miles a ook, ac. Im pretty confident I can post a VO2 Max closer to 70 possibly abit above. ‘The degree at which an individual has potential to improve in this regard | believe vaties hugely from person to person. Some folks stat ff really igh and can barely improve no matter what. Others start of moderately igh but can improve tremendously wit the correc raining Right now Im 59 /140Ibs. with a SK ime of 16:30, | would wager that ‘ones | get that down to 15:59 or beter my VO2 Max wil be at least 63-65. Not sure how much can improve ate this but see. | don't think a =70 \Vo2 Maxis out ofthe question though, AY» Reply» Shaee ‘The younger you are, the higher your potential VO2 maxis to a point as your maximum HRs higher than a 34 year old (220 - ‘Age). tis also not necessarily how fer you run per week but how intense the volume of work is! Waking 160 miles a week will not improve your VOzmax as much as running at 99 RER for 20 miles @ week! reat topic. isa ft NON PRO 25yr.. have VO2max of S4mKg. (PR 1:58 00m) 950Watt ave 2minute cycle). ut surely using LARGE muscles allows sreator taxing of hoa... nce cross couty skiors having max VO2max..this makes perfect sense... Cycling limiting factors not te heart but local muscle Fatigue..when moving allmbs in largest range possibe the heart -and hence Intpsufwawwclopendsports.comitestnglrecordsive2max him onasainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records 950 watls average for 2 minutes on a ike, that is beyond almost any pro cyalist Ive ever heard of an Ive been a competitive cyclist for years Training on a computrainer 700 watts for a minute weighing 175i is very very high. that number is from a gener exercise bike then is simply not accurate ata 1A Ys Reply» Shave ohn Coyle + se 8 your ago Fer your weight DD Ive not seen 960 fortwo mins. Most word lass Kil riders come intitle below tha fgure for one minute ‘fort. That aside can assure you that i your results are directionaly corect you actualy have a prety good VO2 for what your natural capable are - you are a sprinter, and almost always there is an inverse corelaton between VO2 and anaerobic, power. The only exception | know of was Eric Helden who ‘managed ta win both the shortest event in speedskating atthe ‘olympics (28 seconds effort) and the very longest (12 mins) - this is Sor of tke asking Usain Bolt to win the 200m and the 10K -it Just shouldnt be possible. 20. » Reply Saves Other Comments © I'ma professional jockay and recently did my first VO,..test at Liverpool University by Dr George Wilson PhO (www.wilsonhealth.co.uk) I scored 89.0 mi/kg/min Good ‘enough to get me on your world recor lis, 1st jockey to make it? Kind regards ‘wilson Renwick (Apr 2014) 1's too bad that many of the comments here are ignorant. Norwegian sports sclence ‘and testing is among the best in the world, if not the best, and cross-country skiing ill drive up one's (already high) VO, measurement. I also think the lst is incomplete, since just three or four years ago another young Norwegian skier tested ‘at 96 at the end of the Worle Cup season. 1 also wouldn't be surprised to find out ‘that 2013 world champion Petter Northug's VOznq, 5 up there as well, given the way he's able to put on sprints never before seen at the end of aistance ski races. (from Roger Matthews, Mar 2013) © They must have trick tests in Norway LoL!! No way these Lollies have a VO, higher than Armstrong or Prefontaine. ... Is xc skiing really even a sport? (from Whithey, Mar 2013) © I'm a competitive runner and swimmer & just had my VOmy, measured at Duke University Hospital in the Cardiac Diagnostic Unit. My VOyn,, WaS 105.8, so apparently I should be added to the top of the above list (from David Dunson, Mar 2013) 1° What documentation do you need to make thelist? At our Olympic training center T had one test at 90 and a few tests in the high 80's, This was back in the early 1980's {mas an Olympic silver medalist in team pursult in 1984 and in 1984. T set the world record for average pace in races over 100 miles, This was on the LOth stage of a 12 {day stage race. 107.5 miles in 3h 33m 25sec for an average of 30+mph. That record stood for about 15 years (pro ar amateur), Thanks for the info, (from Brent Emery, Feb 2013) © Its common knowledge that Lemond in fact was also doping. Transfusions and epo were beth used during his career along with Cocaine. (From Tren, Feb 2013) © Allit proves isthe huskies are doped up on EPO up to their ears, perhaps their fur is 2a side effect. (from jbooyy, Feb 2013) © Mine is 83, 17 years old, untrained athlete ... Genetic advantage I guess? atw I was tested at a university (from Boss, Jan 2013) © Yes, let's delete the Lemond reference, as one more small corrective afterall the nonsense directed at him Trek and Armstrong. (fram letshavesomeintegrity, Jan ntpsufinwwclopendsports.comitestnglrecordsive2max him sonsainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records 2013) © Lemond? Doping? £90? Seriously some people here? You can't be blamed for not knowing everything but you can be blamed for writing about what you haven't got @ ‘clue of. It must be so hard to search before writing something like that; Wikipedia even has @ full article named "Greg Lemond anti-doping stance and controversies"! (from Luis Fernando, Dec 2022) © Tcame to this while considering Lemonds argument that VO, may be a good way t baseline logal performance. There are suspicions about numbers that rise or fall over time. {from nonspec, Nov 2012) © Do you have any VOsnu records by age? I'm interested in learning highest VOzneu for male of age 70+. (from Jim Turner, Nev 2012) © There are some sources placing Kilian Jornett in the 90+ spectrum. Recent test (from md, Oct 2012) © The highest documented Vn. for Lance Armstrong is 81.2 (September 1993), and his VO,, number 85 is a pure estimate, using a bodyweight of 72kg (post cancer), However this is not documented elther, since LAs bodyweight was nearly 80kg in 1997 anc 1999, The source of both the undocumented (purely estimated) high VOanux and also the fairly mediocre and documented VOpne's: "Improved muscular efficiency ‘displayed as Tour de France champion matures” by EF Coyle - Journal of Applied Physiology, 2005 - (from Arne Soli, Oct 2012) ranged from 66 to 76, so tis likely that his VOy WAS in the mid 705. The © Thave a recorded VO, max from 1998 at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine of 776 at the age 32 for cycling. (from Tammy Jacques, Oct 2012) - if accurate that ‘would put her 2nd on the female lst © Oskar Svenden from Lillehammer just scored 98. He Is 18 years old (from Jostein, 3 Sept 2012) © Oskar Svendsen just scored 97.5, not 98. But to al of you who can’t or won't believe it; 've known this kid for ten years, and every test he has ever had has been amazing, he was at 87.7 at the age of 17. I can’t speak for any other guys, this kid is the only one I know in person (plus I know his mother, who is awesome, {and there is no way in hell he'd do drugs, she would freak out :P) (from Norwegian24, Sept 2012) Norwegian and Swedish XC skiers have been systematically doing blood doping ‘alreay for decades, As well as Finns, Russians. BjSrn Oahlie was one of the real ‘900d examples on that. Dahle competed on a time that there was no possiblity to ‘get caught on Epo and blood transfusion. Also Leicem was there efficiently protecting ‘them. Natural velues could probably stop on 80 on men, over that will need all the help available, (from Kari Pekka Kyr6, 28 Aug 20:2) © Who the hell are you claiming that Norwegian and Swedish XC skiers have been systematically doing blood doping already for decades."?! Give some proof of thet statement instead of trying to explain why you cannot achieve better yourself. "I ‘am sure you have been using doping substances as well” would be as relevant to claim ~ poor you who cannot argue on a decent level. (rom Anders Svenningsson, 6 Sept 2012) © Greg Lemond Is a great example of an athlete who used doping methods to Improve hls VOssau: (from Uomo Del Ghiaccio, Aug 2022) © T think you should delete the reference to the false claim Lemond doped. What has been documented many different times from many diferent journalists is that he avaided doping/needies at every turn. In 2012, there is no online reference for the claim. (from channel_zero, Sept 2012) ere was absolutely no epo or oxygen vectors around when Lemond won his: urs. Lemonés integrity among cycling community is undisputed. He was clean, there 's no doubt or suspicion about that (from brian, 8 Sept 2012) © My Vo, Dallas. This figure was from a 1 min (60 second) sample was confirmed by Larry Gettman, PhO, Director, rather than typically usec 20 sec sample used in a clinical at 88.3 mi/kg/min was in 2980 at the Institute for Aerobies Research in hitps:wwutopendsports.comfestngirecordsive2max him wnssainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records setting. The lab's highest reading was Tom Morino at 88.6 mV/kg/min. (from Kyle D Hefner, Aug 2012) ‘One of my exercise physiology classmates was a 20 year old state champion cross country runner. He produced @ VOjnq of 80 on a treadmill and 76 on a cycling ‘ergometer His peak heart rate was 213bpm during the run. (from bananabender, July 2012) have aificuty believing some of the posted VO, max estimates - elther you put on ‘the mask at sea level and have real results, or you are cheating (breathing pure ‘oxygen, EPO, blood transfusion/coping. 1 agree that many athletes would post ‘estimates that are very inflated to psych out opponents, and so I go back to was it In the lab. My hemocrt stays naturally at around 45-48 (20 years of army medical records show this). As a coach I know this isa litte high - some struggle to stay ‘above 40. [ take iron supplements and nothing else besides hard wark and genetics. My VO;-y, max is 67 - good for an amateur athlete, so I have to wonder how much blood is circulating in a system that generates @ VOsmy, of 90. Miguel Indurain was noted for his 1.5x normal lung capacity, yet only has 2 max of 88 - doesn’t that ‘suggest some form of cheating that was not yet detectable In that time? (from Brent otter, May 2012) 'm guessing the highest a normal person can get, fully rained, is something n the 60's? Or mabye low 70's at best. Those above that are probably genetically ‘advantaged in the endurance department. (from Toby, April 2012) © If only it were possible to crass-breed with husky dogs athletes might get closer to the 240 of these amazing animals... (from Eé TarwinskI, March 2012) This list either proves that VOjqs, does not mean anything, or that Norwegian measurements often are wrong. Because: 1. only one of the first 7 Norwegians were ‘world class athletes at the time the tests were done. Thus, there is na connection between VOrnu: and endurance, or the measurements were wrong. 2. Greg LeMond, Harti Kirvesniem and Miguel Indurain have 2 similar training log as the Norwegians however, they used EPO or ather kinds of drugs. Thus, we can assume that EPO don't ‘work, or that the Norwegian measurements are wrong, My guess is that we (I'm Norwegian) overestimate our VOing Scores, and that many top athletes doesn't tell their real scores! (from Olav, Feb 2012) © In response to the comment from Olav, Feb 2012. As the testing procedure isn't stated, It's hard to make comparisons. Ifa cross-country skiing ergometer was sed, itis possible to obtain the quoted of VOsn, results. A larger muscle mass is sed in this movement and therefore a great taking place. Treadmill tests are second, followed by bicycle tests, in terms of muscle mass used, (from Stephen, Feb 2012) level of aerobic metabolism is © To Olay, news to me and probably most of the world knew that Greg Lemond used PO or ather kinds of drugs. Speculation? (from § Aimon, March 2012) © Not sure Lemond could have used rhEPO since it was not really around until the 90s, (from Sam, May 2012) © To Olav, 90% of your cross country elite skiars suffer from terrible asthma .. th 's why they have such high VOzna, Scores..:))) and yes you are right epo doesn't work, sterides are so much better... :))) ha? (from macias, July 2012) © Okay, will stop bragging because this makes me look stupid ({rom bauwens jean- plerre senior, Oct 2011) © My VOzny Was measured by en Olympic sports trainer and athlete at 70 mil.kg-.min- while T was playing premier Rugby league at a weight of 94kg. However now I have had three knee operations and ar strugaling to get fit again. Date 22/02/1996. (Paul Ruakere) © We have thousands of VOya,, Scores from the past 20+ years from elite athletes for mainly Olympic sports. As far as T am aware, no one has ever tested over 86; but the numbers you give for best In different sports seem generally much too low. Those over 90 seem like 1Q tests over 200 - unlikely! (from Chris Barnes - Australian nstitute of Sport, Oct 2011). hitps:wwwtopendsports.comfestngirecordsive2max him yaasainaz018 \V02 max Worls Records © Latest test from my son, jean-plerre bauwens, 2 junior boxer from Belgium. VOsna. 80.5. Performed at the Ghent University Hospital 7/04/2011. Its a recognized sports medicine center (Irom beuwens Jean-pierre senior, April 2011) ntpsufwnww lopendsports.com/testnglrecordsive2max him sana