FlyingFast wrote:
On average, yes. But don't forget about the Jeremy Lin's and Yao Ming's.
Like that Yao Ming's parents were the tallest basketball players in the national system and their marriage was arranged by the ministry of sport, or how Yao's teenage club got busted for dozens of testosterone doping offenses?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSxpqoTyoKQ&t=645sJapan and China got silver and 4th place, respectively, in the 4x100 during the 2016 Olympics. Both teams ran sub 38.
Doesn't seem like they're limited by genes or nurture.
WHAT?! Asians DOMINATE olympic weightlifting and strength sports. They have some of the highest verticals in the world and really fast sprinters. Idk where this trend that "asians have bad genes" started. Asians are badass.
skier wrote:
Like that Yao Ming's parents were the tallest basketball players in the national system and their marriage was arranged by the ministry of sport, or how Yao's teenage club got busted for dozens of testosterone doping offenses?
Yao Ming was bred by the Chinese government, which is why he is freakishly tall.
But once you exclude Yao Ming, you'll find that many Chinese are still quite tall, around 180 cm / 6 foot or even more.
When Chinese visit Southeast Asia, locals can often instantly recognize them by their towering heights and long, slender figures.
Many Northeast Asians are built like East Africans (tall, slender, long limbs, big noses), while Southeast Asians are built more like West Africans (shorter, less slender, shorter limbs, smaller noses), except somewhat less muscular. This is because of environmental and climate adaptations over many generations.
Super interesting to go through this old post from 2012. At the time, no East Asian could go under ten seconds in 100m races and people still draw on anatomical theories to explain their genetic insufficiency (shorter legs and so forth).
What a difference does a ten year make!
From Caucasian side, Leimatire, Gemini, Tortu, Guliev (Turkish) have since run sub-10 (Matt Boling soon to be added)
From Asia, we got Su, Xie, Kiryu, Yagamata, Koike running sub-10.
And guess what? Su' ran one of the fastest times in history: 9,83 and 6.29 (fastest 60m split in history). On top of that, he is only 5'8, exactly the type of asian physique they think would not succeed
Who could've foreseen that, wow...
Explain this one to me. Indonesia has approximately the same population as the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_records_in_athletics#Men. Their national records in everything except for the 100m are slower than my college's records. I would have multiple national records if I were an Indonesian citizen. How is it possible that a country with so many people could never have produced a single decent runner.
back to 2012 wrote:
Super interesting to go through this old post from 2012. At the time, no East Asian could go under ten seconds in 100m races and people still draw on anatomical theories to explain their genetic insufficiency (shorter legs and so forth).
What a difference does a ten year make!
From Caucasian side, Leimatire, Gemini, Tortu, Guliev (Turkish) have since run sub-10 (Matt Boling soon to be added)
From Asia, we got Su, Xie, Kiryu, Yagamata, Koike running sub-10.
And guess what? Su' ran one of the fastest times in history: 9,83 and 6.29 (fastest 60m split in history). On top of that, he is only 5'8, exactly the type of asian physique they think would not succeed
Who could've foreseen that, wow...
Su Bingtian 100 meter PR at age 21................... 10.21
Su Bingtian 100 meter PR at age 31.................... 9.83
Not believable.
Gemili isn’t Caucasian...
He’s also done...
Not believable wrote:
back to 2012 wrote:
Super interesting to go through this old post from 2012. At the time, no East Asian could go under ten seconds in 100m races and people still draw on anatomical theories to explain their genetic insufficiency (shorter legs and so forth).
What a difference does a ten year make!
From Caucasian side, Leimatire, Gemini, Tortu, Guliev (Turkish) have since run sub-10 (Matt Boling soon to be added)
From Asia, we got Su, Xie, Kiryu, Yagamata, Koike running sub-10.
And guess what? Su' ran one of the fastest times in history: 9,83 and 6.29 (fastest 60m split in history). On top of that, he is only 5'8, exactly the type of asian physique they think would not succeed
Who could've foreseen that, wow...
Su Bingtian 100 meter PR at age 21................... 10.21
Su Bingtian 100 meter PR at age 31.................... 9.83
Not believable.
I mean, he did it
Also he started being coached by Randy Huntington, who coached Mike Powell and Willie Banks. Also I think he coaches the Chinese woman who ran 1:57 for 800m at the Olympics
coach d wrote:
Ryota Yamagata
Does that name mean anything to you? He ran 10.07 in London, which is faster than any caucasian American has ever run. And for people who don't know much about Japanese sprinting, Yamagata isn't the only one:
Koji Ito (10.00)
Shingo Suetsugu (WC bronze medalist at 200)
Nobuharu Asahara (10.08)
In 2012, Yamagata was tied for the #37 best time. Japan's best marathoner tied for #70.
Many on this site would want you to believe that everything in track and field in Japan revolves about road racing and marathons, but it's not the case.
Wrong
How about John Teeters and Devin Quinn?
Asian 4x4 teams, hmmmm?
Ricky Spanish wrote:
Explain this one to me. Indonesia has approximately the same population as the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_records_in_athletics#Men. Their national records in everything except for the 100m are slower than my college's records. I would have multiple national records if I were an Indonesian citizen. How is it possible that a country with so many people could never have produced a single decent runner.
Most people in Indonesia don't care about track and field.
All the best athletes are in probably in soccer or badminton.
They certainly aren't limited by numbers. Asia has half the world's population. Whereas the Great Rift Valley has less than 1% of the world's population.
Run a bit outside of Jakarta and report back.
I am sure you ll know by then.
back to 2012 wrote:
From Caucasian side, Leimatire, Gemini, Tortu, Guliev (Turkish) have since run sub-10 (Matt Boling soon to be added)
Boling couldnt break 10 with the aid of gale force winds. It took a hurricane to get him close and he hasnt been anywhere near since.
Took a "hurricane".....That's brutal lol
Others: "The earth is round".
You: "not believable"
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these