Guess how fast (slow) the fastest man in Ireland is? White men can't sprint.

jjjjj wrote:

it's amazing that you think that sprinters just appear on the world level without any training.

^this

Here's a pic of puny Lawler. He would certainly not have looked like this if there had been a sprinting tradition in Ireland.

Less willing to dope = slower

Somalia: 11.36

Uganda: 10.48

But if you want to see a slow 100m,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkkDMLqjYRM

Sleeping Policeman wrote:

The problem in the population:medal ratio differential between Ireland and the US is the fact that the Irish have been able to enter three athletes per event for the majority of the time the Olympics have been in operation, which is the same as the States. There will be many occasions where the fourth-ranked American was able to win a medal at the Olympics but they were barred from competition. Had this situation been reversed, and the Americans were able to enter 318/4.6 = 69.13 (2 d.p) more athletes in every respective event, I suspect the Irish would be well behind the Americans in terms of medals won, Olympic golds, and finals reached per athlete.

No they would not. The Irish have over 3 times as many medals per capita. Adding more Americans who couldn't make the top 3 in the country would not add much to the medal count. It's not even close.

More National Records wrote:

Somalia: 11.36

Uganda: 10.48

But if you want to see a slow 100m,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkkDMLqjYRM

Thank you for that.

Black men can't throw. Not many good black baseball pitchers,

only 4 in the Hall of Fame.

Maybe the fastest or potentially fastest are playing other sports or sitting at home with beers and a remote. I know in Australia a lot of athletes of Irish extract playing Rugby League or Union are blindingly quick and with specific training would take that 10.73 down with ease.

It's damp, cold and very windy in Ireland, except for 2 days in July, Sitting around for 5 minutes before you run for 15-20 seconds is the last thing you want to be doing.

There are 6 million people and 4 major sports, all of which involve running around for 80-90 minutes in shirts with sleeves, Gaelic football, rugby, soccer and hurling.

Hurling is supposed to be the fastest field sport in the world and it's typical of the Irish to be attracted to the hardest sport that pays the least.

Anyway, me balls would freeze off in those sprinting onesies and I don't want people seeing my stuff.

mr. sports gene wrote:

Marcus Lawler underlined his status as the fastest man in Ireland when he won the 100m at the Glo Health Irish U-23 Track and Field Championships in Tullamore.

The St Laurence O'Toole runner's time of 10.54 seconds put him well clear of Jonathan Browning who finished in 10.73 secs.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/lawler-and-manning-secure-euro-spots-with-record-times-31353569.html

Riddle me this, then. The Celtic race and therefore gene pool, includes Irish and Scots, and NOT British people. (physically, Ireland and Scotland are only 12 miles apart.

Alan Wells of Edinburgh, Scotland ran 10.25 to win 1980 Olympic gold.

Does that make them all slow pokes?

The Scots got a good dose of Viking that the Irish didnt get. As well the English are mix of Celtic , Norman, Anglo Saxon. Plus there are traces of the original inhabitants whose genes are more prevalent in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. All of the origin countries from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia have produced brilliant middle distance runners as have Ireland and Britain but very few elite sprinters. I do not see the Irish as being any slower than the rest of Britain and Northern Europe.