If blacks are so good at sports why dosent Africans ever win any medals?

Question

Thier the blackest of the black, but you never see them winning anything..

Answer 1

Actually there was an African  Brother from Togo that won a gold medal in Kayaking.

@ Devon D

Most Africans are not dying of aids or starving...you are taking the national geographic magazines too serious.

Answer 2

"Blacks" aren't good at sports.  You see African Americans excelling, this is much due the opportunities provided by the country.  Often times citizens of a 3rd world country care little about sports, let alone have any time to think of them.  

You should think about your question a little harder.

Answer 3

because they obviously have  better opponents!

they are not the best at every sport!

Answer 4

and asians are supposed to be weak and nerdy but they seem to be kicking everyone's *** with the exception of the Dream Team.

stereotypes are only true on TV, not in real life.

Answer 5

i guess you never watch TV.

Answer 6

This doesn't make sense, sorry.  

Answer 7

I'm Black and far from being good at sports! But just so you know Ethiopians and Kenyans are known as some of the fastest runners.



And anyway this questions is stupid. It implies one has to win a medal as some standard for being *athletic*.

Answer 8

Hve you been watching the Olympics> Open your eyes and see what is really there. Ethiopia and other African nations have won medals especially in long distance track and field. Wake up.

Answer 9

Ethiopians have won several gold medals in track and marathons.

Answer 10

yeah, it is true they are the blackest of the black, but they are also the poorest of the poor. they have more important things to worry about than tossing a disk over a wooden plank. the 40 million black americans dominate the 100+ million white americans in their own sports, let's talk about that.

Answer 11

Watch enough sports on television and you will see that they do.  

Answer 12

You obviously have never watched a long distance race like the 5000m or 10000m. They are almost always won by Kenyans or Ethiopians  

Answer 13

Thats sooooo racist. You are ignorant!

Answer 14

YOU GOT TO BE THE DUMB.....NUBIANS HAVE WON MEDALS AND REPRESENT JUST ABOUT EVERY NATION THEIR IS FROM AMERICA-CUBA-MEXICO-BRITIAN-JAMAICA-SPAI... ECT.

WE AS A PEOPLE ARE EVERY WHERE ........

NOW IF YOU WANT TO LUMP THE MEDAL WINS AND SEE HOW MANY WERE WON BY WHAT YOU CALL PEOPLE OF COLOR REGARDLESS OF NATIONAL ORGIN YOU SEE HOW GREAT WE ARE.

Answer 15

Clearly this would be an ignorant question, from someone who doesn't even use proper English.

Answer 16

Do you ALWAYS make a jackass of yourself in front of strangers? Are all the members of your family as bigoted and racist as you?  Maybe if you knew what you were talking about, you MIGHT look smart.

By the way it's THEIR not THIER; DON'T not DOESN'T.

Learn English.

Let me get this straight...BLACKS are the BLACKEST of the BLACK...now what does that mean?

Borderline illiteracy is a terrible thing to suffer from little man.

Thanks for the big laugh at your expense.

Answer 17

Most sports require at least some kind of experience and training, of course.  Whatever natural ability there may be - is usually not enough to be competitive in most Olympic sports.

Answer 18

SOMEBODY hasn't been watching the Olympics. And most certainly not Track and Field.

ANd not all the athletes from Africa are Black, Coventry a swimmer from Zimbabwe is a White female who won gold.

Troll. If you'd back off the computer for a few minutes, and watch some tv. You'd see the Africans and the African Diaspora doing fairly well in these games.