What makes jamaicans run fast




















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Other options. Close drawer menu Financial Times International Edition. Search the FT Search. Jamaica has swept Olympic sprinting events for the fourth consecutive Games, led by Elaine Thompson-Herah who took gold in the m and the m, the former of which set a new Olympic record.

The country's relay team also won gold in the women's 4xm. The wins and Olympic medals keep pouring in. So, that begs the question: why are Jamaican track stars so fast? The groundwork begins when athletes are younger, starting in grade school and particularly around the time they reach high school. Jamaica is a relatively small island. So, the chances of a recruiter spotting an aspiring track star is almost inevitable.

And they're always there to the come and share with them. Hence their legendary fighting spirit. Natural mystic. The actual grass in fields that Jamaican pickney a run pon from the time them likkle bit.

And the desire to shine at Champs, the sporting highlight of the year in Jamaica, the secondary schools track and field championship, is an obsession with children as young as three. Photograph by Aston Spaulding.



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