The geography of the sprinting gene

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April 23, 2018

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My name is David and this is my blog on the geography of sprinters and why they come from the places they come from.

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The greatest sprinters of all time

This is a list of the all time greatest sprinters in my opinion. I have based this list on not only their records and achievements but in some cases how many medals they won in one tournament or what their victory meant for others. 5. Micheal Johnson Michael Johnson is tied with Carl Lewis for the second most amount of medals won by a sprinter at the world Championships winning eight. He used to hold the world record in the 200m (19.32s), 300m (30.85s) and in the 400m (43.18s). 4. Jesse Owens Jesse Owens representing the USA at the 1936 Berlin Olympics won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m events. This alone is an incredible achievement but added on is the fact this was an all out victory, proving Hitler's belief of Aryan supremacy to be false. 3. Yohan Blake/Tyson Gay I have chosen to put these two sprinters side by side as they both have the second fastest time in the 100m (9.69s). 2. Wayde Van Neikirk Van Neikirk is and incredible South

Where do top sprinters come from

One of the ways in which you can classify truly great sprinters and separate them from the rest is through the 10 second mark. Few have ever broken ten seconds on the 100m dash and those who do are given the chance to join the exclusive sub 10 club. This is where all of sprinting's greatest athletes are found. In order to find out where top sprinters come from I will use a list of all 125 men who have broken 100m in 10 seconds and see in which country they were born. 52 are American 18 are Jamaican 8 of them are from Britain 7 of them are from Nigeria 6 of them are from Trinidad and Tobago 5 of them are from South Africa 4 of them are from Canada 3 are from France 2 are from Ghana 2 are from Zimbabwe 2 are from Turkey 2 are from Qatar 1 is from Antiqua and Barbuda 1 is from Australia 1 is from The Bahamas 1 is from Barbados 1 is from The Cayman Islands 1 is from China 1 is from Cuba 1 is from Ivory Coast 1 is f

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