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USAIN BOLT WON BOTH THE 100 METER DASH AT 19:30 SECONDS, AS WELL AS THE 200 METER RACE AT THE BEIJING GAMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21st, 2008.

Bolt may very well set more records in the 400 meter relay, before the games are over. Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprnter broke the world record. His speed has shocked some and brought out proud comments in others.

Yet the fact remains that THERE ARE SPORTS THAT BLACKS DOMINATE AND THESE SPORTS ARE SPORTS WHERE JUDGES CANNOT SHOW BIAS. A win is a win.

However, other factors contribute to Blacks globally doing well in some sports.

The Jamaican Minister of Information, culture, youth and sports, Olivia Grange, put it clearly as to the reason why Bolt and other Jamaican atheletes have been doing well in many sports for many decades (since they were allowed to participate).

"We eat healthy. We have the natural talent. We train. And we have a tradition of being great atheletes. It's a wonderful gift."
"We have the best coffee on the planet. We have Bob Marley."

The Jamaican Minister of Information gave a small bit of what is a very important and a very long history of Black development of atheletics, dating to pre-Egyptian and pre-Cush civilization times (the prehistoric Sahara's 'Zingh Empire.")

Part of the Jamaican heritage is also the same as the African-American, African-Americas heritage.

First is coming from great African empires and civilizations as well as cultures that placed a high priority on sports, martial arts, healthy living and physical fitness.

Secondly, coming from African kingdoms and empires that have a long, long history of organized sports, martial arts, warriorhood for both men and women ( see http://www.myspace.com/africanmartialarts )

Thirdly, the African population of the Americas were among the cream of the crop of African warriors who were captured during the three major wars that occurred in Africa and led to captives being sold into slavery:

The Nigerian Usman Dan Fodio Wars
About 40 percent of African-Americans are of Nigerian ancestry ( http://www.africanancestry.com )

The Dahomey (Benin) militaristic flareups (where one King Benhanzin had thousands of African female 'amazons' used as the elite bodyguard because of the fear that the men would overthrow the king).

The Angola/Kongo wars: These kingdoms sent many war captives to the Americas as slaves, particularly Brazil and the US. 25 percent of African-Americans are of Congo-Angola origins.

The Sudan wars against slave raiders and Semite invaders. From Sudan, through Ethiopia to Mozambique, a number of Africans arrived to the Americas.

All the above regions send Africans who had a number of physical types, languages and facial features. However, these blended to create the African-American population.

One group of Africans were already in the Americas and their ancient carvings and pottery show them to have been great acrobats and players of various games as well as warriors and kings/queens. ( See http://originalblacksofamericabeforecolumbus.blogspot.com

So, it is no surprise that Jamaicans, African-Americans, Trinidadians, Nigerians, Afro-British and other West African Blacks do well in fast sports. The physical/mental ( advantage helps. BLACK SKIN/DARK COMPLECTION DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND TAKING VITAMIN D, MAY ALSO BE AN ADVANTAGE.

TALL SPRINTERS WITH LONG LEGS IS ALSO AN ADVANTAGE AND AFRICAN/BLACK RUNNERS, COACHES AND CLUBS WHO EXPECT TO DOMINATE THE TRACK AND FIELD GAMES MUST WATCH OUT FOR NATIONS WHO WILL TRY TO GET TALL RUNNERS TO GO AGAINST SHORTER ONES, EXPECTING THE TALL RUNNERS TO WIN, DUE TO HAVING MORE STRIDE.

While Usain Bolt is tall (about 6 feet, 5 inches -- HE IS ALSO VERY FAST AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS IN HIS SETTING WORLD RECORDS.

More on African culture and civilization:

See http://www.myspace.com/sexyaabooksculture

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