Why are there fcukall black swimmers in the Olympics?

They'll dissolve in the chlorine.

Why don't pakistani's play soccer?
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.Because every time they get a corner they open a convenience store!:pac:

I don't know - slavery?
Just blame white people.
Yay!

Studies show it is mostly a socioeconomic issue but greater bone density is also a factor. (Wagner, Heyward et al.)

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I'm not disagreeing but the point seemed to suggest the reason is primarily poor countries with no pools.

There's a lot more to it than that. You could even include physiological factors.

I did in post #9

If it was lack of infrastructure that would explain it for certain countries, but other so called developed countries - the US, France, Oz etc - have world class facilities, talent identification programmes, elite development etc and rarely do you see a black swimmer come through at national level.....

.....in the US, participation in swimming is lowest among black communities because lessons have to be paid for and other sports, with lower barriers to entry, are culturally more embedded.

On the physiological side, there's an argument that suggests that genetically black athletes develop much greater muscle densities which are great for explosive sprinting and power, but that decreases buoyancy which makes swimming a bit more difficult - the margin involved is not much, but sufficient to prevent many from making it to elite status.