- Original Message -
From: Jon Entine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are no East Africans in the top few thousand top times in the 100
meters and 200 meters. In the 400 meters, a time in which aerobic skills
come in to play, East Africans represent about 2 percent of the top
times while
Jon Entine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the record, East African blacks, who have a genetic history
distinct
from blacks of West African ancestry, are notoriously poor sprinters,
and
perform worse than most whites, as a consequence of their ectomorphic
body
types, higher proportion of slow
Jon Entine schreef:
For the record, the best time by an East African in the 100 meters is
10.28 seconds. That stinks for an elite best, to put it mildly.
There are no East Africans in the top few thousand top times in the 100
meters and 200 meters. In the 400 meters, a time in which
The Asian record for the 100m is 10.00 by Koji Ito.
Those interested in Saltin's views on this issue
should check out the cover story in the September Scientific American on
"Muscles and Genes." Also, my book cites many of his articles, if you want
to go to the source.
For the record, Bengt Saltin, who I interviewed extensively for my book,
makes
