The Official 2016 Olympics thread: Medals Are For the Elite but Zika is For Everybody

[Chelsea Bridge]

Lol US has the most Gold medals and the most overall medals in track & field. Let the Canadians have their little victory. No one else is thinking about them.

 

[Swagnificent]

That's because our women are flat out better. Fukk is you taking about? The Jamaican women just got their asses smoked by us.

I'm not talking singular events. I'm talking in general.

If you look at the trackmedals the last 2 olympics, you'll see the US women are way more successful than the men.

That's not because our women are per se more talented. Its because we invest more in women's sports than other countries.

I'll once again point to soccer. It's the best example. US women dominate soccer like prime Brazil while our men suck. Why is that? Are our women just better at soccer? Or do we have title 9 here that says by law you must fund women's sports in college?

Other countries don't care about women's sports. Which leads to less competition than male sports.

 

[fifth column]

That's because our women are flat out better. Fukk is you taking about? The Jamaican women just got their asses smoked by us.

Elaine Thomspon won both 100 and 200 so

 

[Jaylen Tatum]

 

[DynamoEAR]

I'm not talking singular events. I'm talking in general.

If you look at the trackmedals the last 2 olympics, you'll see the US women are way more successful than the men.

That's not because our women are per se more talented. Its because we invest more in women's sports than other countries.

I'll once again point to soccer. It's the best example. US women dominate soccer like prime Brazil while our men suck. Why is that? Are our women just better at soccer? Or do we have title 9 here that says by law you must fund women's sports in college?

Other countries don't care about women's sports. Which leads to less competition than male sports.[/QUOTE]
Source plz.

 

[#1 pick]

Reggie Bush ran a 10.52 in the 100 as a Soph. He never ran close to that time ever again.

De Grasse ran a 11 flat as a Junior and went JUCO then to USC. Face facts, potential is everything. A lot of our nikkas be peaking in college. Bolt, Gatlin, Blake, Powell and De Grasse just didn't peak. What the US is missing is the Michael Johnson's and Carl Lewis's. nikkas who just ain't done peaking.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[JerseyBoy23]

While Football players bulk up way too much, come on, most of these nikkas are not in the same class with De Grasse or Gatlin much less Bolt. The improvement and God given ability to be an elite spiriter is crazy. You can't predict it. I know too many who had elite track speed like Demiko Goodman at UGA who just topped out. But I do agree with some of the guys. Most of the athletes don't have the passion for the sport like the Jamaicans for the best athletes to run track. The thing is not getting the faster people to run, it's getting the most potential to run.

You also have to take in account that football gets 85 scholarships in college while track only has 12.6. All 85 aren't sprinters but you can bet a lot of guys get discouraged by the lack of track scholarships.

 

[sportscribe]

They don't train for track.....more stop and go in football. But anyway, I'm not hating on the Jamaicans or Bolt. They are GOAT......Just pointing out a tidbit that most are overlooking. Black athletes showing out everywhere, but some countries spend more time on other specific non olympic sports.

Jamaicans are simply producing better sprinters and that's where the discussion should end. Jamaica has a population the size of Chicago and thus a much smaller talent pool than the U.S.

 

[Originalman]

They don't train for track.....more stop and go in football. But anyway, I'm not hating on the Jamaicans or Bolt. They are GOAT......Just pointing out a tidbit that most are overlooking. Black athletes showing out everywhere, but some countries spend more time on other specific non olympic sports.

Yep.....shyt think if Nigeria was able to stop their athletic kids from focusing on soccer and got them to play basketball and then invested as much as the US does in basketball.

They would never ever ever not medal in a world games or the Olympics again.

You see this shyt every Saturday in college football. Why folks think HBCUs for decades had the best athletes now they don't? The schools don't get the best athletes anymore those athletes now are going to white colleges.

 

[MVike28]

Yeah I know. But he's angry at something breh. Btw, Mike was lame for that bullshyt! I lost respect for him from that day on.


What country to you live in? From?

Toronto, Canada brehzy

 

[The axe murderer]

usain bolts golds

 

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Jamaicans are simply producing better sprinters

Why?

 

[Jaylen Tatum]

 

[Swagnificent]

Other countries don't care about women's sports. Which leads to less competition than male sports.

Source plz.[/QUOTE]

Look it up yourself stupid. This is common knowledge.