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.
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.
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.
You do realize the US has 123 times the population of Jamaica?
Regardless. Here is a race video:
Maurice Gleaton Jr. just said “Hold My Blocks” after seeing all the headlines from his future Georgia teammate this past weekend and dropped a WIND LEGAL 9.98 100m dash to move into US #2 All-Time for the distance behind only Christian Miller.
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.
You do realize the US has 123 times the population of Jamaica?
Julien Alfred is a real unicorn going with the per capita argument. Saint Lucia is ~1900 times smaller than the US, but the US doesn't have 1900 Julien Alfreds.
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.
You do realize the US has 123 times the population of Jamaica?
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.
Julien Alfred is a real unicorn going with the per capita argument. Saint Lucia is ~1900 times smaller than the US, but the US doesn't have 1900 Julien Alfreds.
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.
It does correlate but it’s not the only factor. If you take it to the extreme a country with the population of one would of course have less success than a country the size of China. Other major correlating factors for athletic performance include gdp per capita, genetics, culture around athletics, etc.
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.
You do realize the US has 123 times the population of Jamaica?
Yes, the US has multiple times the population of most countries. But that statement is a tired response used too often. We also have multiple times the sports for athletes to participate in which dilutes the talent pool. No Jamacians (or Kenyans, etc) playing Football, Baseball, Basketball etc, etc, etc...
A country of one athlete would in most cases do far better on a per capita basis than a country of one million athletes. The best sports country overall in the global cup is the United States. Australia, the Netherlands, and Canada are the smallest in population in the top ten. The only two of the top ten of all sporting countries to be in the top ten of the per capita cup are the Netherlands and Australia. The top ten per capita are all small nations.
Richer nations tend to do much better on these things. China, the 2nd most populous country, is third in sports overall, and is the poorest of the countries in the top ten, yet China is now considered one of the "rich" countries worldwide, with a per capita income over $15k (IMF estimate of 12k puts them at the low end of these lists). The per capita top ten countries are either very wealthy or moderately wealthy.
Top PositionsPoints%Chg1 United States 6894 10.5 2 France 4549 6.9 3 China 3550 5.4 4 Germany 3240 4.9 2 5 Italy 3226 4.9 2 6 Australia 2929 4.5 2 7 Japan 2829 4.3 -2 8 Great Britain 2727 4.2 -4 9 Netherlands 2346 3.6 2 10 Canada 2319 3.5
per capita:
Top PositionsPeople Per PointChg1 Slovenia 4419 2 2 Norway 4517 -1 3 New Zealand 5111 1 4 Netherlands 7316 8 5 Switzerland 7805 2 6 Denmark 8114 3 7 Australia 8429 6 8 Sweden 8511 -3 9 Latvia 9414 -7 10 Serbia 9899 -2
