I remember P Mulins the author maybe I missed spelled his name talking about swimming being a white upper-middle class sport and the country club set. I guess he had not met Shirley Bashashoff that came from a blue collar background. Anyway, swimmers in elite circles tend to be more from upper-middle families than the non-elite. In high school programs, their are plenty of them from the barrio and the ghetto. Also, he seems to think swimming is divided between whites and blacks. In his state, both Latinos and Asians outnumber blacks. And Latinos are the group lowest on the income level in that state and Arizona mainly done to immirgation. I think the swimming world is seeing that in the states, its not a black and white world anymore,even in the south asians and latins have increase.
Cricket? Rugby? Field hockey? Why not include basket weaving as a major sport?
Cycling - dominated by US and Europe. Watched the Tour de France in the past decade?
Baseball - same
Basketball - same, although many other countries making great strides
Track and field - same but only since East Germany went out of business in the field events.
Gymnastics - same
Cricket? Rugby? Field hockey? Why not include basket weaving as a major sport?
Cycling - dominated by US and Europe. Watched the Tour de France in the past decade?
Baseball - same
Basketball - same, although many other countries making great strides
Track and field - same but only since East Germany went out of business in the field events.
Gymnastics - same