U.S. Sprinters are a Disgrace

Nope. You're wrong hypnotoad.

If everyone were clean the US would be the dominant force, no offence.

Something is going on, and anyone with any sense knows it.

You make a very good point, hypno. However, for a talent as ridiculous as Usain, I think it would have been different. IF little 8th grade Usain ran 6.8 for 60 meters during middle school field day in Whiteyland, Iowa, it would have been noticed.

trollism wrote:

Nope. You're wrong hypnotoad.

If everyone were clean the US would be the dominant force, no offence.

Why?

Because they have a huge pool of genetically appropriate people to run sprints.

hypnotoad wrote:

Why?

American Heroes wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the poor attitudes of most of the US Sprinters, excluding Alyson Felix of course? What is wrong with the sprinters and their obvious poor preparation and readiness to take on the world. It is an absolute disgrace when our distance runners perform better than our sprinters -- are area where we were once dominant. Were it not for our long jumper, decathlete, etc. Jamaica would destroy us in the medals totals. Should the US move our Southern California sprinters to some other state where they can begin to focus and train properly? It is embarassing.

On the men's side, I don't think Merritt, Wariner or Gay have demonstrated the full on ghetto behavior and attitude we see from a lot of the others. These three also ran well - Gay 2nd to a freak, Merritt 1st to go with an Olympic title, and Wariner gets 2nd despite switching coaches in May, and having gone 2 yrs without his usual strength work.

Maybe the U.S. govt should get involved and give the ok for Tyson Gay to waterboard you, then throw you in a hole. That should give U.S. sprinters new inspiration when they no longer have to hear about idiots who are embarrassed for them after running a 9.71 in the 100.

Bolt is a genetic freak! not a doper!

trollism wrote:

Because they have a huge pool of genetically appropriate people to run sprints.

By that for sure you mean African Americans who are for the most part descendants of slaves from West Africa. Well guess what, those slaves were also brought to the Caribbean islands. And while they may be more numerous in the US, there are also other sports competing for the talent and offering more lucrative careers. So me thinks you're wrong. If the US wants to be dominant in a track and field world where there's a level playing field, we either have to exclude foreign athletes from our colleges or make track and field as financially lucrative as football and basketball, neither of which is going to happen.

trollism wrote:

Because they have a huge pool of genetically appropriate people to run sprints.

hypnotoad wrote:

Why?

That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard. Nigeria has the biggest pool of "genetically appropriate" sprinters. Why aren't they dominating?

Isaac Newton wrote:

You make a very good point, hypno. However, for a talent as ridiculous as Usain, I think it would have been different. IF little 8th grade Usain ran 6.8 for 60 meters during middle school field day in Whiteyland, Iowa, it would have been noticed.

Most likely noticed by the football coaches.

yyy wrote:

Bolt is a genetic freak! not a doper!

The two are not mutually exclusive. At this level, they're all freaks. You would have said the same thing about the American golden girl in 1988?