Over the past 30 years almost all world-class United States sprinters have been black. There were also many fast black sprinters in the United States before the 1960s, but in addition there were a considerable number of world-class white sprinters. In fact, during the 1940s and 1950s the fastest men were white. This was not the case during the 1930s, when the best male sprinters were black. This essay discusses the phenomenon and attempts to give reasons for it. Sociological explanations seem considerably more plausible than physical characteristics based on perceived racial differences.
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The Virtual Disappearance of the White Male Sprinter in the United States: A Speculative Essay
John George
Women Take Power: A Case Study of Ghanaian Journalists at the Russia 2018 World Cup
Roxane Coche
?” I don’t think that’s the case in Ghana. In Ghana, it’s more like they want to be entertained, okay? So, you either entertain or you don’t. So, if people were able to invest in the sports, I think people will watch a female sprinter and encourage her as much as they would encourage a male sprinter
“Track’s Coed, I Never Thought of It as Separate”: Challenging, Reproducing, and Negotiating Gender Stereotypes in Track and Field
Anna Posbergh and Shannon Jette
more desirable by female T&F athletes. Notions of “othering” athletes from different event groups emerged, subsequently privileging bodies that reflected traditional ideals of femininity (e.g., sprinters) over more muscular athletes (e.g., throwers). Ashbolt et al. ( 2018 ) concluded that the “gendered
Overcoming Gender Barriers in Sports—An Opportunity of Adventure/High Risk Sports?
Anika Frühauf, Christiane Pahlke, and Martin Kopp
character, if you like it. (TC1, 24 years) Half of SP said that women’s soccer and men’s soccer are two different type of sports and were not comparable: “For me these are always two completely different sports—whether I see and rate men’s or women’s soccer. I would never let a male 100-meter sprinter
The Changing Nature of Gay Rugby Clubs in the United Kingdom
Ken Muir, Eric Anderson, Keith D. Parry, and David Letts
: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press . Cross , M.R. , Brughelli , M. , Brown , S.R. , Samozino , P. , Gill , N.D. , Cronin , J.B. , & Morin , J.B. ( 2015 ). Mechanical properties of sprinting in elite rugby union and rugby league . International Journal of Sports Physiology
Gender Parity, False Starts, and Promising Practices in the Paralympic Movement
Nikolaus A. Dean, Andrea Bundon, P. David Howe, and Natalie Abele
, two new events were added to the Summer Games for Rio (triathlon and canoe sprint), which each had 50% participation rates from women in their Paralympic debuts and an equal number of medals for men’s and women’s events. The IPC has also added two new events (badminton and taekwondo) to the program
The Myth of Load Management: Sleep and Recovery in the Women’s National Basketball Association
Sarah Barnes
perform better in sport-specific physical tasks (e.g., shooting and sprinting) and reported increased ratings of mood, health, and overall sense of well-being. Such scientific findings have fueled a wave of sport-focused sleep and recovery companies and tech start-ups that offer products and services to
International High-Performance Sport Camps and the Development of Emplaced Physical Capital Among Pasifika Athletes
Wendy O’Brien, Caroline Riot, and Clare Minahan
a coercive view, we suggest multiple possibilities were opened up through the athlete’s kinesthetic appropriation of the practice, the sense of the different movements of their body in space and time, and the athlete’s desire to improve performance. Like for a sprinter, like for our blocks position
Heroes at Home, Suspects Abroad? National and International Perceptions of Elite-Sports Success
Jan Haut, Freya Gassmann, Eike Emrich, Tim Meyer, and Christian Pierdzioch
—explanations were narrowed down to particular athletes, i.e., Justin Gatlin and the sprinting team in particular. Usain Bolt instead is not predominantly mentioned because of doping (3), but mostly because of being “arrogant / disrespectful” (8)—another striking example that not performance alone is considered
“You Always Wanna Be Sore, Because Then You Are Seeing Results”: Exploring Positive Pain in Competitive Swimming
Gareth McNarry, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, and Adam B. Evans
aerobic pace], and then you feel a bit grim at the end, you feel grim from the beginning. So, for the sprinters it’s very much like that. We get in feeling grim, the warm-up you start to feel a little bit better, cos like . . . gets rid of the lactate acid a little bit and then you start it [main set
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