A Few Reasons Why Jamaicans May Dominate the Sprints

Yesterday I posted a couple videos with some insight in to what MVP club coach Stephen Francis is doing with his athletes. The discussion on this blog entry got me off my butt to write another blog that I’ve been meaning to write for some time – The Reasons Why Jamaicans Dominate the Sprints.

In case you were in a cocoon in 2008, you witnessed one of the greatest sprint years by a single country in the history of the sport. The fact that it was achieved by a country that’s about the size of Brooklyn, NY makes it all that much more impressive. And while Jamaica has a long history of sprint success, her thrashing of the record books and the rest of the world in 2008 was a little unexpected. Jamaica was the best this year. There’s no doubt about it. How could an island with such a small population and limited resources be so dominant in a sporting event that practically every country in the world has the opportunity to participate in?

Here’s 4 reasons why the small island nation of Jamaica can be so dominant. Read the entire post here