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GrymmDAOC  1 star
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It isn't some magic power of blackness, its simple...


Africa has more genetic diversity than the rest of the planet put together. That means for any given athletic endeavor, you are likely to find someone of african descent who has the best body morphology for that particular event. West africans dominate events that involve power generation, but make lousy endurance runners. East africans dominate endurance running, but are lousy sprinters and jumpers. But west africans are genetically closer to europeans than they are to east africans. Thats how diverse african genetics are. That is not to say africans dominate everything. Power lifting for example is dominated by slavs and east asians, despite the fact there are larghe numbers of african descended people involved in power lifting. But one the greatest powerlifters ever was black guy named Lamar Gant who had a unique body morphology that made him an absolute machine at power lifting. African genetic diversity in action.


As an aside..India has the second most genetic diversity..so in the next 50 years expect to see more Indian athletes holding records...

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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No the secret is practice and lots of it. Its not genetic.

The kids who become basketball stars play A LOT of basketball in their neighborhoods. No secret there. They see it as a way out of the ghetto and it is. Kudos to them.

 

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Bonzoboy1  3 stars
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Actually black people tend to have a denser muscle mass that caucasians, this is the main reason you don't see many in Olympic swimming events.

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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You dont see many in olympic swimming events because they dont have many pools in the hood. Its a cultural and economic thing not a racial thing.

 

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Thugoneous  4 stars
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I thought it was because of Slavery. The slave owners bred the strongest to work. I hope I'm wrong.

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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You are wrong.

 

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Elkad  2 stars
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Right Bonk. Genetics means nothing.

Endurance, ratio of fast muscle fiber (for sprinting/jumping) to slow, resistance to various diseases (and nasty genetic problems often related to the same resistance), IQ, and adaption to various environments (cold, high altitude, extreme sun, etc). All of those are hoaxes put forth by racists....

 

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Kordirn  4 stars
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Elkad posted:

Right Bonk. Genetics means nothing.

Endurance, ratio of fast muscle fiber (for sprinting/jumping) to slow, resistance to various diseases (and nasty genetic problems often related to the same resistance), IQ, and adaption to various environments (cold, high altitude, extreme sun, etc). All of those are hoaxes put forth by racists....



It's pretty interesting how Australian Aborigines for example are much better at tolerating the cold than us whitey.

 

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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Some of you sound like HItler!

 

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