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Originally Posted by T@T
Elite sprinters like Bolt and his Jamaican teammates can trace their ancestry to western and central Africa whose body types and physiology have been uniquely shaped by thousands of years of evolution to run fast for whatever reason. I would be shocked to see any difference in a Jamaican's DNA to an African's DNA.
When it comes to athletics the gene pool means everything, Asians and Whites mostly dominate water sports, Northern Europeans usually dominate strength events and Blacks who trace their ancestry to South/Central/Western Africa had always dominated the speed events.
When people stop being racist and hateful about the differences and understand it's evolutional and you are a product of where your direct ancestors came from... the planet will be a better place.
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they've measured the length of the twitch reflex in the muscle fibres of people from different regions... Kenyans, who tend to dominate long distance running, have the longest twitch reflex, so their energy transfer is more efficient, hence, they can travel longer distances with the same amount of energy applied... very fascinating (to me, at least).
I agree with your sentiment. I don't think the "we're all equal" serves anyone... I prefer a higher perspective (in my opinion) where the differences are celebrated.