How is Jamaica so dominate at sprinting despite having a small population?

Nesta Carter busted. Seems like the only big time Jamaican male not caught was Bolt. We know he was protected as a legend though. WADA (see Lamine Diack) is just as unscrupulous as national governments amd the lamestream media these days.

Alfalfas hair wrote:

Out of competition drug testing in Jamaica is a joke. It always has been. I’d love to see some data on when any of their athletes were tested out of competition in the off season. It’s basically non existent.

JADCO has been maintaining testing statistics since 2013, and those statistics must be backed up by quarterly and annual reports to WADA consisting of the raw data supporting them. Presumably WADA is also carrying out the regular inspections which it said it would.

So m since 2013, JADCO has at least played the part of a compliant NADO. NADOs are of course subject to corruption, but there’s no evidence of any corruption to this point, just suspicion based on performance levels.

Powell was more than “competitive.” He was the world record holder and the top 100 sprinter in the world in the wake of Gatlin’s bust. He was the odds on favorite to win gold in 08 before we realized he was the worst big meet performer in our sport.

Steve The Addict^^^^^^^------- wrote:

Nesta Carter busted. Seems like the only big time Jamaican male not caught was Bolt. We know he was protected as a legend though. WADA (see Lamine Diack) is just as unscrupulous as national governments amd the lamestream media these days.

The fact that not a single thread has bee made about him either busted again, nor anything on the home page, and you are the only person to even comment on it, does rather go some way to answering the OP's question.

Jamaican sprinting busts are about as surprising as Kenyan distance buts.

Coevett wrote:

Steve The Addict^^^^^^^------- wrote:

Nesta Carter busted. Seems like the only big time Jamaican male not caught was Bolt. We know he was protected as a legend though. WADA (see Lamine Diack) is just as unscrupulous as national governments amd the lamestream media these days.

The fact that not a single thread has bee made about him either busted again, nor anything on the home page, and you are the only person to even comment on it, does rather go some way to answering the OP's question.

Jamaican sprinting busts are about as surprising as Kenyan distance buts.

Think it might have more to do with the fact that Carter is already retired and hasn’t been a significant factor in sprinting for about 5 years. Also, we don’t know what the substance is as yet.

Trainwreck watcher wrote:

Coevett wrote:

The fact that not a single thread has bee made about him either busted again, nor anything on the home page, and you are the only person to even comment on it, does rather go some way to answering the OP's question.

Jamaican sprinting busts are about as surprising as Kenyan distance buts.

Think it might have more to do with the fact that Carter is already retired and hasn’t been a significant factor in sprinting for about 5 years. Also, we don’t know what the substance is as yet.

Pretty sure if LetsRun was around when Linford Christie was popped after literally being retired several years, the whole place would have exploded. In fact, it's still used now to 'prove' that 'the Brits are dirty'.

Trainwreck watcher wrote:

Coevett wrote:

The fact that not a single thread has bee made about him either busted again, nor anything on the home page, and you are the only person to even comment on it, does rather go some way to answering the OP's question.

Jamaican sprinting busts are about as surprising as Kenyan distance buts.

Think it might have more to do with the fact that Carter is already retired and hasn’t been a significant factor in sprinting for about 5 years. Also, we don’t know what the substance is as yet.

Correct. Nesta Carter hasn't been relevant in sprinting for many years now, so him getting busted during a year in which he 1) did nothing of note 2) was limited due to injury and 3) decided to retire is why nobody cares enough to make a thread. To be clear, I'm pretty sure PEDs are being heavily used by Jamaican athletes. But, anything they are doing American athletes have been doing and will continue to do. Doping is widespread in college and nearly every top tier American sprinter is on some form of illegal performance enhancer.

Coevett wrote:

Pretty sure if LetsRun was around when Linford Christie was popped after literally being retired several years, the whole place would have exploded. In fact, it's still used now to 'prove' that 'the Brits are dirty'.

I’m sorry, when did Nesta Carter achieve the same status as Linford Christie in sprinting? Yes, he’s technically one of the fastest men ever, but he ran 9.7 once, never got close to his PB again, and never won an individual medal at the global level, hardly even reached a global final. He’s really not that big a deal, except as a footnote to Jamaica’s relay dominance.

roho the ho wrote:

Powell was more than “competitive.” He was the world record holder and the top 100 sprinter in the world in the wake of Gatlin’s bust. He was the odds on favorite to win gold in 08 before we realized he was the worst big meet performer in our sport.

Failing to medal at the Olympics in ‘04 and fading to 3rd at the WC behind Gay and Atkins in ‘07 kinda made people realise that he was something of a head case. So fast times aside, you couldn’t really describe him as anything but competitive. I would have described Tyson Gay as the odds-on favourite before Bolt came on the scene.

To everyone who suggested doping is the reason - how good is dope they're getting? Jamaica is a poor country, R&D is limited, so is there some illicit partnership with another doping supplier Jamaica has that every other carribean country does not? Genuinely curious.

Jamaica is the standout, but all carribbean islands have good running genetics. Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Grenada, St. Kitts, Barbados, have all produced olympic gold medalists or world champions despite tiny populations. one theory is that the islands were the last stop on the slave ship routes so only the strongest survived.

if you look at Jamaica more closely, you'll see an even more interesting standout: Trelawny Province. Only 70,000 people, but it has produced multiple gold medalists, including Bolt. This province was a destination for marooned (runaway) slaves, and one theory posits that only the fastest slaves were able to escape to this territory.