Yeah it is me wrote:
How stupid are you? TB would be the U.S. record holder at 3000m, 2 miles, and 5000m. 7:28, 8:04 and 12:52 are world class.
The other guy! wrote:
I'm sorry Mr. Smarty Pants. I didn't realize Tariku was 'Merican.
Yeah it is me wrote:
Again, how stupid are you? TB is the 5th fastest Ethiopian of all time at 3000m, and 2 of those ahead of him are arguably the 2 greatest distance runners of all time. You really don't think 7:28 is world class? I will educate you because you desperately need it.
I didn't mean to get this tread so off topic. I completely agree with Yeah it is me. Tariku would arguably be the best American ever. If Galen Rupp is considered world class, which he is, Tariku is most certainly world class...even for Ethiopia. He won an Olympic medal!
My point was that some of the best distance runners of all-time (men and women) have been siblings and not twins with another world class runner. I realize that these weren't American examples, but it makes my point, nonetheless.
It is more likely for identical twins to both be highly successful than siblings, since their DNA is the SAME! However, siblings have very similar genetics, so if one is extremely talented at something, it's not unlikely that a sibling with have a propensity to have that same thing.