I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
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Originally posted by knelson
Not sure I get your point. Are you saying lots of Japanese women do run marathons, or don't? Height doesn't seem to be a requirement to run marathons well. The African distance runners, for example, are typically on the small side.
Anyway, it's obviously a combination of things. Koreans excel at the sport because it's popular in Korea and their body types tend to be suited to it.
How do you explain Koreans & Japanese love of baseball. That definitely shows that sprots are truly influneced by specific cultural experiences. Korea, like the Netherlands has many small streams that freeze duringthe winter. Those streams were used like highways for transportation.
About Bode Miller. His parents don't live in a cabin anymore. HIs RV is completely luxurious.
What do most people think about all of the famioly & personal history inthe stories this morning about the snowboard jumper? I'm not sure we needed to know all the personal details that most stories gave.
Originally posted by knelson
Not sure I get your point. Are you saying lots of Japanese women do run marathons, or don't? Height doesn't seem to be a requirement to run marathons well. The African distance runners, for example, are typically on the small side.
Anyway, it's obviously a combination of things. Koreans excel at the sport because it's popular in Korea and their body types tend to be suited to it.
How do you explain Koreans & Japanese love of baseball. That definitely shows that sprots are truly influneced by specific cultural experiences. Korea, like the Netherlands has many small streams that freeze duringthe winter. Those streams were used like highways for transportation.
About Bode Miller. His parents don't live in a cabin anymore. HIs RV is completely luxurious.
What do most people think about all of the famioly & personal history inthe stories this morning about the snowboard jumper? I'm not sure we needed to know all the personal details that most stories gave.
