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Travis_0004

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3. I thought it was well accepted there are differences

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:32 PM

Jul 2016

People of different backgrounds have different muscle fibers. Somebody with comparatively little fast twitch fibers is not going to compete at the highest levels of the 100m. They physically can not go as fast.

Its been said that somebody without the ACTN3 gene can not win at certain olympic sports. Hard work makes the differences at lower levels, but in higher leves genes to make a difference.

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On the stereotype of black athletic superiority - and the racist underlying assumptions of it [View all] YoungDemCA Jul 2016 OP

I am more interested by the lack of diversity in some sports. kwassa Jul 2016 #1

This is a beautifully elegant analysis MrScorpio Jul 2016 #2

I thought it was well accepted there are differences Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #3