again wrote:
Africans body type tend to be better suited for longer distances. Longer the distance the more the Africans tend to dominate.
Of course there will be the rare white guy that can compete with the top Africans but this is extremly rare.
Actually, it's a weird trend.
At 800/1500 non africans have been very competitive. As the distance increases to 5k/10k, non africans are basically non-competitive. Even our best, like Mottram a couple years back, were not near the best.
But as you get up to the Marathon, non africans are still not that competitive, but it's closer. About equal percentage wise to the 1500.