Hm, I disagree. Culturally & environmentally, there’s a lot to be said about living in high altitudes, commuting on foot to school/church 6-10+ miles a day from such young ages (speculating a bit here, but I hope you get the gist).
I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a specific gene that’s mutated which enable people from these countries to have such strong aerobic stamina & fatigue resistance, but I’m happy to agree to disagree on that. Also happy to read any studies you‘re aware of on this if there are any?
@RedactedDeGen@Notaspud_@danielcberk I like the argument of being born somewhere gives an advantage, but I wouldn’t call that genetics.
If an EMEA individual was raised in Kenya/Ethiopia from a very young age, do you believe they’d have the same advantage as someone who natively comes from the country?
@Notaspud_@RedactedDeGen@danielcberk Agree with all the above but saying ‘mostly genetics’ feels somewhat discrediting to such a feat without acknowledging what it takes to execute, on race day no less
@Notaspud_@RedactedDeGen@danielcberk Agree with all the above but saying ‘mostly genetics’ feels somewhat discrediting to such a feat without acknowledging what it takes to execute, on race day no less
@RedactedDeGen@danielcberk Saying ‘mostly genetics’ is incredibly insulting to a man who has dedicated 15 years and consistent 150-200km a week of grind to achieve what he did today. Saying ‘genetics’ is a horrid cop out