Why is Frank Shorter considered an American, but Leo Manzano isn't?

Probably because Frank is of average height and Leo is so tiny.

nostimes wrote:

You guys must be joking. You can find quite a few threads from people on here going off about how he isn't American. It tends to come up in the "Lagat isn't American" threads, usually someone else will mention Manzano/Lomong/others in the same boat.

You can find quite a few threads from people on here on a variety of subjects exposing themselves to the world as fukkin' idiots. Why anyone would care I'm not sure.

Those who think Manzano is not American are part of the fukkin' idiot brigade.

BTW....the only reason Sanya Richards isn't talked about more on this board as being from Jamaica is because she competes in events this board pretty much ignores. On sprint boards, the Jamaicans tend to get quite pissy about her American citizenship.

This is the longest thread thread ever on letrun about whether someone is American in which no one has actually supported the idea that the person is not American -- by about two pages. I don't think I've ever seen fewer than a half-dozen xenophobic posts in a thread like this before. Incredible, really. Letsrun unanimously loves that Manzano is American.