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Article #1463Re: Why are Kenyans so fast and US distance runners so slow?
From: Oystein Groevlen
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:33
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:33
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In article <1jp38rINN9fb@savoy.cc.williams.edu> Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu writes: > (1) The differences cannot be primarily genetic since Kenyans > from many different tribes have excelled internationally. Richard Chelimo > is no more closely related to Paul Ereng or Yobes Ondieki than he is > to most American blacks. I don't really follow this. Did not most American slaves come from Western Africa? This is like saying that I am not more genetical related to a Swede than to a Greek. I have often wondered if it is only a coincidence that while Eastern Africans are good at long distances, both Western Africans and American Blacks are good at shorter distances. I am not claiming that the reason for this is genetical. It could also be cultural reasons for this. -- Oystein Groevlen Division of Computer Systems and Telematics The Norwegian Institute of Technology The University of Trondheim Email: oysteing@idt.unit.no
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Newsgroups: rec.running Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!ugle.unit.no!oysteing From: oysteing@garm.idt.unit.no (Oystein Groevlen) Subject: Re: Why are Kenyans so fast and US distance runners so slow? In-Reply-To: Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu's message of 22 Jan 1993 15:18:51 GMT Message-ID: <OYSTEING.93Jan23113329@garm.idt.unit.no> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator) Organization: Div. of CS & Telematics, Norwegian Institute of Technology References: <1jp38rINN9fb@savoy.cc.williams.edu> Date: 23 Jan 93 11:33:29 Lines: 21