Size of population does not correlate to athletic performance. if it did, India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria and Bangledesh would be at the top with the US with all sports.
in 2012 5 of the top 6 200 m runners in the world were jamaican. and asafa powell was not bothering to run.
after drug testing came in the number went to zero, in the top 5 and probably 10.
Wow! Along with Christian Miller last year, this is now two years in a row that an American high schooler has gone sub-10. Considering Lyles, Kerley, Coleman, and Bromell are all getting close to 30, it's great to see a younger generation of U.S. sprinters emerge.
People love to talk about Jamaica but there is no better sprint factory than the US. Our high schoolers run times that would be national records in 90% of countries every year.
That’s because Jamaicans for whatever reason are allowed to dope with impunity. SAFP faster now getting closer to 40 years of age then when she won her 100m good medal lol. When was the last time one of their stars got busted? Powell, Blake and Bolt. VCR, SAFP, ETH and Jackson. lol. It must be a Caribbean thing cause now you have Alfred (big fan) destroying people while looking looking bigger then prime using Jeter lol. I am glad they don’t try and ruin these guys career by getting them in trouble. While in the US we live for busting our own athletes lol. It’s a weird thing. Let em use.