There are statistics and there are damn statistics. Just like it is fact that W Africans have a lock on the fastest times ever, there will always be statistical anomalies… But how many people on this board didnt have to have a diaper change right after they saw Wells, or Borzov.
Having gone thru 4 pages in a day, maybe its time to bump the topic to “Where were the Jamicians for the last 70 years given their stated advantages”, or perhaps most specificly – “What has fundimentally changed so that the current performances are such that they are?”
Now if you want to really talk to an importanat subject, what is it about genes that might predict? or gene transcription that prevents successful baton exchanges?