Can a white sprinter.....?

Question

can a white sprinter be as good as a black sprinter??

i hear all people saying black people have quicker fast twitch muscles, im maori and im one of the quickest at my school and my dream is to be fast like usain bolt (not as fast)?? is that possible for anyone

Answer 1

It is possible, it's more likely that most white people don't bother trying because they assume that it's impossible to beat a black sprinter.

Answer 2

jeremy wariner.  2004 olympic champion in the 400m dash.  but he was the first white guy to win a distance that short a few decades.  however there are several white 100m and 200m guys just a tad slower.  it really comes down to genetics and who wants to work the most.

Answer 3

i'm white, but you saw that race. 8 lanes, 8 black guys...

whoever posted before me, are you saying whites don't train as hard? of course there are going to be small differences between the races. you can say black people are faster in general without being racist because it's obvious that they really are. also, the false differences that british imperialists and antebellum americans believed in had to do with non-whites being inferior, not superior.

Answer 4

There is little to no difference in races, all that c**p you heard about us being different was cooked up by British imperialists in order to keep their empire.  If you train harder, you will be fast, end of discussion.

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

blacks have an extra muscle in their legs which certainly helps.

Answer 7

It's baloney, there is a negligible bit of biomechanical difference between various "races" but what makes fast-twitch or red muscle is training.

If you want an example of a great white sprinter look up the Athens 400 final on youtube, Jeremy Wariner was the dominant speed demon. Olympic record if I remember right. He is the best in the world in 400 and best since Michael Johnson.

And though that's a long sprint, look that the 110 hurdles. Asians don't have that sprint reputation but Liu Xiang sure does. He is blazing fast like lightning.

If you don't want to be as fast as Usain Bolt, you won't get as far as if you do. You probably never will be world-class, it's hard to get to, but you could.

I think the reason most American sprinters are black is the American prep sports system pushes them toward it, often from being football running backs. And the reason most Jamaican and Trinidadandtobagoian sprinters are black is those are majority black countries. They succeed so well in their sports because it's their national sport.

Also you have the dominance of Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia in middle and long distances, and that is the complete opposite - slow twitch, white muscle, that is needed for that. Having a high proportion of red muscle would be a big disadvantage there.

So whoever says black sprinters have more red muscle is wrong, pretty much. There is something to be said for having a meso-morphic body structure though. If you don't know what that means, look it up its good for most sports.

Are maori black, or white? Anyway the point is it doesn't matter. Anybody can be blazing fast if they have a mixed ecto- and meso-morphic body structure and have the will to train. And a certain amount of luck and good coaching.