> Why are jamaicans so good at sprinting?

Why are jamaicans so good at sprinting?

Posted at: 2015-05-07 
Dont forget Sanya Richards (gold in 400m)...even though she left the Jamaican team to run for U.S.

Jamaicans train very hard and most of them been running at a very young age. I don't know how else to explain it.

Edit: Dominican Republic has two decent men 400 runners. Trinidad & Tobago are fairly good, too.

there can't be a specific reason there isn't a special sprinting program in place as far as i know it can't be due to ethnicity or most Caribbean countries would be winning too.

Jamaica just owns the sprint =]

West African genetics

Hard conditions on the slave ships meant only the fittest and strongest survived ergo their children and their children's children are fit and strong.

because they're black. And plus they train really hard

natural talent

like US in swimming

cuz they're black. Duh..

Everyone that watched today saw Bolt winning the 100m sprint, Blake coming second. Everyone saw Fraser-Pryce winning the 100m sprint for women today, with a lot of Jamaicans also in the finals.

Why is Jamaica so superior on this?