Why don't we see any big Asian swimmers? Are their body composition just not suitable for swimming. I'm of direct Asian descent and I want to know if I can become good in the sport.
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Kitajima is just over 5 feet 7 inches, if he is measured at 5' 10" he was cheating again:D
I think size and ethnicity has nothing to do with it. In Southern Kalifornia there are large districts with asian majorities, and they have GREAT swim teams. Last year I was fortunate to coach a 12 year old asian boy, all he did was 2:19 for his 200 yard breaststroke:p
As to genetics, consider Claudia and Sylvia Poll from Costa Rica. Of German extraction, they both are over 6 foot tall. Yet is a distance race a smaller size like Janet Evans may be helpfull. She was barely 5'4 inches when she destroyed the World records of the 400, 800 and 1500 meters.
We are fortunate to have a sport like swimming where the size of your heart and will power mean as much as genetics.
Kitajima is just over 5 feet 7 inches, if he is measured at 5' 10" he was cheating again:D
I think size and ethnicity has nothing to do with it. In Southern Kalifornia there are large districts with asian majorities, and they have GREAT swim teams. Last year I was fortunate to coach a 12 year old asian boy, all he did was 2:19 for his 200 yard breaststroke:p
As to genetics, consider Claudia and Sylvia Poll from Costa Rica. Of German extraction, they both are over 6 foot tall. Yet is a distance race a smaller size like Janet Evans may be helpfull. She was barely 5'4 inches when she destroyed the World records of the 400, 800 and 1500 meters.
We are fortunate to have a sport like swimming where the size of your heart and will power mean as much as genetics.
