Original Thread: Asians can't sprint?
roger
If you guys have read my earlier post about how Chinese are good for gymastics and diving only and how they can't compete with blacks in atheletics, well I am wrong.

Just two days back, I was reading the Aug-9th edition of Time-Asia in the library, an article titled

"Breaking Away
Asians can't sprint? Two world-class athletes are determined to disprove that stereotype"

You can see the online edition at http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501040816-678689,00.html

quote:
No universally accepted scientific study has proven conclusively that Asians have significantly less capacity than blacks or whites to develop fast-twitch muscle fibers, which help create speed. And what one person believes to be a physical impediment might, of course, be more of a psychological barrier. After all, the Chinese are perennial Olympic favorites in weight lifting, a sport that clearly depends on energy and power. And yet the notion that Asians can't sprint remains widespread
Yes I trust scientific findings, but I just thought they were weaker (perception) like Yao-Ming.

Well now China's Xiang Liu equalled Colin Jackson's world record of 12.91 seconds to win the Olympic men's 110m hurdles.

Way to go, way to go, just beaten a black guy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3603174.stm

roger
Have you guys seen the 110 meter hurdles? What a sight!