they ain\'t good wrote:
Egypt population 116 million. They have 0 Olympic track medals. Their best records are 8:21 steeple and 1:44.9 800; the rest are DIII or worse level.
Also, Turkey has only one Olympic track medal; 400H Bronze. Population 84 million. They have some good records: 1:44.0, 3:31, 13:00, 2:04. Actually, they match up pretty well with the brits as far as times go.
Nigeria population 236 million. They have 7 track medals, all in sprints or sprint relays. 14:15 and 29:04.
Because they are still stuck with old nutrition ideas like the food pyramid and also keep getting unsuspectingly trapped in pyramid schemes, all while ignoring pyramid training that they should be really doing.
Also their president el-Sisi doesn’t invest enough in athletics surrounding himself with Yes men who keep saying Si, Si, Si.
