I watch alot of sport on tele. And I'm pretty sure I've nevr seen a highly ranked black or even asain swimer. Heard it was something about there skin having more pores
2006-08-27 11:01:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
From the following story:
http://www.blackathlete.net/artman/publish/printer_1580.shtml
Started in 1987, this weekend's Black History Invitational Swim Meet in Washington is among several intended to encourage competitive black swimmers to reach the sport's highest ranks. But many of the finest black athletes are lured away from swimming and into sports that come with the potential for high incomes.
Few black swimmers have competed on the U.S. Olympic team. Anthony Irvin, from the Los Angeles area, captured a gold medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2000 Sydney Games. Four years later, Maritza Correia of Valrico, Fla., won a silver in the 400-meter relay in Athens.
Competitive swimming, experts say, still lacks a Tiger Woods or Arthur Ashe to provide the boost those African American athletes gave to golf and tennis. There are other barriers as well: Black high school swimmers often lack year-round access to pools or the money to hire private coaches.
"People of color are swimming," said Patrick Escobar, vice president of the Amateur Athletic Foundation in Los Angeles and a USA Swimming diversity task force member. "The question is: How do we get kids who learn to swim in inner-city pools to commit to training and participation that leads to rising to a higher level?"
2006-08-27 11:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never seen a guy other than a white guy play professional golf until Tiger Woods came along. The swimming issue probably has nothing to do with pores. It's probably just a social thing that when one black or asian finally does it and does it well, many others will join in just like more other kinds of people are playing golf now.
2006-08-27 18:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
More pores?
Are you for real how can the colour of someone's skin effect how they swim?
When black or Asian people enter the water their skin behaves the same way as other skin colours.
Pathetic question.
2006-08-27 18:14:51 · answer #3 · answered by brownsuga 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People had similar things to say about golf before Tiger came along. If there are any anatomical differences regarding hand or foot breadth or buoyancy, they're certainly negligible.
2006-08-27 18:05:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go check out Cullen Jones
2006-08-27 20:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by uptowngirl4620 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch the pan pacific champs on tv there is this amazing black swimmer named cullen jones and he is the only african american world record holder..... really cool guy and by the way there are tons of great asian swimmers cullen will be at the olympics so look for him
2006-08-27 21:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by Peanut02 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are asian swimmers. high divers who rank in the worlds top 10 a few from china a south korea
2006-08-27 18:09:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes different stokes....
It's the opposite with Boxing and Athletics - Some fundamental physical differences, makes different people more adept at different things.
2006-08-27 18:06:27 · answer #8 · answered by paul m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without sounding racist, I believe it is more to do with their centre of gravity or something. I seem to remember hearing that somewhere.
Its probably garbage though.
2006-08-27 18:05:21 · answer #9 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give it a rest, they are just like everyone else.
they excell at other sports
2006-08-27 18:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Dick Dastardly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋