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Dan
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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject: Kenyan mystique wearing off? |
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As posted in RunBlogRun, following the London Olympics:
| Quote: | | NAIROBI (KEN): Starafrica.com informs that the Government and Athletics Kenya (AK) have been asked to put in place measures of restricting foreign athletes training in Kenya. Team Kenya athletics head coach Julius Kirwa said this will protect the country's runners from learning Kenya's tactics. Kirwa said some of the gold medals Kenyas lost were clinched by athletes who have been training in Kenya ahead of the olympics. |
Could it really be that Athletics Kenya is dismissing the commonly held belief of genetic superiority? That seems to be the message they're sending with this admission that copying the Kenyan training environment and learning the tactics (training or racing?) is enough to win gold medals.
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According to the AK statement, we've already seen it.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:32 am Post subject: Re: Advantage and training: |
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| Indeurr wrote: | | Moreover, some genetic advantage amongst some ethnic groups in Kenya and Ethiopia has been found by scientists. |
Like what?
I know the population at large has an advantage (typical build) over many places, but the elites from the world over have pretty much the same build. I'm not aware of anything beyond that that has been identified.
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| Indeurr wrote: | | They are more resistant to stress fractures-- just one of a few. |
I've never heard that before. Got a source?
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