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Why are Jamaicans so fast? [View all] jberryhill Aug 2016 OP
Irie vibes and ital food, mon. StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #1
Enthusiastic mass participation in a sport Ellen Forradalom Aug 2016 #2
It's like asking why Americans are good at baseball jberryhill Aug 2016 #3
Track is their NBA and Usan Bolt is their Jordan. RandySF Aug 2016 #4
why racial/genetic/cultural examination needed for running and not swimming? Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #5
It's interesting for one country to dominate an event jberryhill Aug 2016 #8
Orlando is Jamaican n/t malaise Aug 2016 #18
I think it's a legitimate question for swimming also. DanTex Aug 2016 #15
That's it... jberryhill Aug 2016 #22
I'd be interested in the normalized medal count, and I bet someone has done it. DanTex Aug 2016 #24
ah, here it is for 2008 - Jamaica #1 by population jberryhill Aug 2016 #25
Cool. In 2014, Norway won 11 winter golds, and with a population of 5.2 million, DanTex Aug 2016 #27
The winter games shouldn't be included in the overall jberryhill Aug 2016 #31
The OP title is just screaming for Emily Litella PSPS Aug 2016 #6
I'll go with the obvious. KMOD Aug 2016 #7
But that's no accident jberryhill Aug 2016 #9
Usain Bolt's dad said the secret of his speed is Jamaican yams. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #10
Seen? StrictlyRockers Aug 2016 #19
LOL SunSeeker Aug 2016 #29
so it's about allowing equal access to people at all levels of society JI7 Aug 2016 #11
Yep malaise Aug 2016 #17
My guess parenting and a small(ish) island whistler162 Aug 2016 #12
Maybe it's the ganga mon. B Calm Aug 2016 #13
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #14
Read this yesterday malaise Aug 2016 #16
We can hardly get ours to go outside, much less run jberryhill Aug 2016 #23
Our premier school boys and girls championship is treated like the Superbowl except that malaise Aug 2016 #30
Why was the Jamaican Bobsled team so successful? MiniMe Aug 2016 #20
You need a team of good sprinters at the start Retrograde Aug 2016 #21
Yes. Successful programs will use middle of the pack athletes in new sports underpants Aug 2016 #28
Interesting! Thanks! TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2016 #26
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