Interesting article from the Irish Times:
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Paul Tergat on Why Europeans, Americans Can't Compete
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Is the problem the video or the sound? I keep the sound off unless I have a reason to put it on to view a video or hear an audio.
If you're not looking at the front page regularly (several times throughout the day), you're missing a lot of good stuff--both news and features about the sport. The piece that started this thread is a good example.
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IT guys prohibit any and all pointing to video content not on our intranet for their (made up?) security reasons. When I am able to have those extra moments with my own personal computer and a small period of down time, no problem. Nothing's crashed yet, though as mentioned on the thread about front-page video, I've had to force-exit Firefox and open it again due to some issues with the TFN front-page.
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anyway . . . back to the matter at hand . . . the very first sentence of the article is extremely problematic:
Arguably the best Kenyan runner of all time, Paul Tergat says the idea of Africans being inherently capable of running faster is all in the minds of their rivals
a. they are built better for endurance running.
b. they have more to gain by getting good.
c. they can and do train insanely hard.
It's not because of 'psychological intimidation', fellas, although that does happen also.
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Originally posted by Marlowanyway . . . back to the matter at hand . . . the very first sentence of the article is extremely problematic:
Arguably the best Kenyan runner of all time, Paul Tergat says the idea of Africans being inherently capable of running faster is all in the minds of their rivals
a. they are built better for endurance running.
b. they have more to gain by getting good.
c. they can and do train insanely hard.
It's not because of 'psychological intimidation', fellas, although that does happen also.
IMO, Western runners could be much more competitive on the world stage if they believed in their potential, but all the self-belief in the world wouldn't make them win golds on a consistent basis.Było smaszno, a jaszmije smukwijne...
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Originally posted by Marlowanyway . . . back to the matter at hand . . . the very first sentence of the article is extremely problematic:
Arguably the best Kenyan runner of all time, Paul Tergat says the idea of Africans being inherently capable of running faster is all in the minds of their rivals
a. they are built better for endurance running.
b. they have more to gain by getting good.
c. they can and do train insanely hard.
It's not because of 'psychological intimidation', fellas, although that does happen also.
d. track and field, especially distance running, is THE major sport in those countries. Paul Tergat is their Joe Montana and Haile Gebrselassie is their Michael Jordan. If T&F was a major sport in this country, we'd have many more Kastors, Rupps, Flanagans and Gouchers on the international scene.
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Originally posted by EPelleThose European men who can compete against the Africans, are originally from Africa, it seems.
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it is interesting the african women (most of which come from kenya or ethiopia) dont do nearly as good as the african men most of which come from kenya, ethiopia and morroco. i was looking at the tilastopaja all time top 100 list and here are some stats.
800 men 43 of the top 100 all time are african (including 28 kenyan)
800 women only 5 of the top 100 all time are african (although the top 2 last year were kenyan.
1500 men 52 are african (34 kenyan)
1500 women 7 were african (kenya had 3)
5k men 86 were african (48 kenyan, 16 ethiopian, 13 morrocan)
5k women 43 african (23 kenyan, 14 ethiopian)
10k men 81 african (47 kenyan, 20 ethiopian, 6 morrocan)
10k women 31 african (15 kenyan, 14 ethiopian)
marathon men 76 african (56 kenyan, 10 ethiopian, 4 morrocan and 4 south african.
marathon women 26 african (13 ethiopian, 11 kenyan)
steeple men 55 african (41 kenyan, 9 morrocan)
steeple women 22 african (11 kenyan , 6 ethiopian)
3k men 73 african (40 kenyan, 16 morrocan, 12 ethiopian)
3k women 25 african ( kenya and ethiopia 10 each)
half marathon men 85 african (59 kenyan, 13 ethiopian)
half marathon women 45 african (29 kenyan, 13 ethiopian)
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Originally posted by nevetsllimShouldn't it be why European men cannot compete with the Africans??
When I see a guy with the build and running abillity like Chelsea's John Terry, you have to wonder how good a runner he could have been.
Meanwhile, here in the US, while soccer is far more popular than it use to be, it is not on a level that would detour a potential world class runner such as Hall.
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