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In article <1993Jan24.124407.1@iowa.physics.uiowa.edu>, theisen@iowa.physics.uiowa.edu writes:

>Other points that The Article seemed to miss:

>	2) I think there have been less than 5 whites ever to run under 10.0
>	  for 100m (if any).  And I've heven't seen any whites run under
>	  44.2 for 400m

 I'd like to see the background of these sprinters.. I think that would be
very important. How many of them had ultra-rich parents? How many of them
come from a ghetto? I still believe in the tradition..

>	3) What about asian runners???

 this is interesting.. Laos came in last on 12.02 on 100m during the Olympics.

>	4) One thing I have noticed watching world class runners the last 
>	 several years is that most have a very pronounced curvature in their
>	 backs.  I don't mean big buttocks,  but a curvature that thrusts
>	the chest forward and hips back, it doesn't seem to matter how
>	muscular the person is.

 this could be explained by the training, I think. When you train your hip-
flexors they pull your lower back forward, and thus you get a curved back..
The buttocks grow, cos they're well-used, so to speak, and it adds to the
effect..




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