frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat athletes have gone far despite having the 'wrong' body type for their sport?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhat athletes have gone far despite having the 'wrong' body type for their sport?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareli10@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoI think he’s taller than usual, so it takes him longer to accelerate at the start, but then he makes up for it with long strides.
minus-squarebitrate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoBeing tall is not ideal for short distance sprinting.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoMeh. He is a bit taller than the norm at 6’ 5" for a 100m sprinter, but for over the past 50 years every single 100m gold medalist has been 6’ to 6 3". So really, he’s only 2" taller than most champions.
minus-squarebitrate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoWhich is a lot when you are at that level of competition.
What’s wrong with his body?
I think he’s taller than usual, so it takes him longer to accelerate at the start, but then he makes up for it with long strides.
Being tall is not ideal for short distance sprinting.
Meh. He is a bit taller than the norm at 6’ 5" for a 100m sprinter, but for over the past 50 years every single 100m gold medalist has been 6’ to 6 3".
So really, he’s only 2" taller than most champions.
Which is a lot when you are at that level of competition.