brain use in effect wrote:
You may be able to use your argument (that not all of those people are trying to run fast) for the sprints, as that is inborn. But even people genetically pre-disposed to be great distance runners must train the distance. So, nowhere in the world is there a guy who could wake up and run sub-27 or sub-2:06 without training. The top guys that year are the top guys that year; anyone else with the talent to beat them will need to train into next year or more.
You obviously misread what I wrote. What I wrote applies to both sprints and distance. Nowhere did I say anything about top guys not doing any training.
Also, sprinting is not inborn. It requires training just like distance running or any other event does.