The Olympics may have come to a close, but those impressive displays of athletics got researchers at the University of Virginia questioning the muscular makeup of some of the world’s best athletes. To better understand which muscle groups powered elite sprinters, researchers conducted MRIs on 15 Division 1 sprinters and 15 average adults of the […]
New Study Investigates Why Black Runners Rule Olympics
A new book by French author Jean-Philippe Leclaire called “Why Whites Run Slower” examines the dominance of black runners in the Olympics from a genetic viewpoint. Many have shied away from the topic for fear of being labeled racist, but the data is overwhelming. The last 25 record holders for the 100-metre dash have all […]
