100 Metres in Less Than 10 Seconds

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As the athletes on the programme themselves said....many factors are involved (and let's be honest, we're talking about fractions of a second here).

When one section of society is particularly motivated into becoming athletes....and indeed may see it as the only way they're going to achieve ANYTHING in life, then the figures are likely to become skewed.

Thus running is almost a religion in Jamaica, and countries like India have a pool of hundreds of thousands of youngsters who each day play cricket on every bit of bare ground.

Then there are the winter sports countries...the ones with mountains and snow.

I will disagree with you for a change Graham. I believe there's something in their genes that make them able to run faster. Only 1 white man has ever run under 10 seconds.
Even when developed nations produce sprinters to dip under 10 seconds they are always of African/Carribean decent. Finally look how many chinese are on this planet and they can't produce a top class sprinter.