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Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners: what makes them so good?

International journal of sports physiology and performance - 1 Jun 2012

Wilber Randall L, Pitsiladis Yannis P

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Since the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Kenyan and Ethiopian runners have dominated the middle- and long-distance events in athletics and have exhibited comparable dominance in international cross-country and road-racing competition. Several factors have been proposed to explain the extraordinary success of the Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners, including (1) genetic predisposition, (2) development of a high...

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PMID: 22634972
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.2.92

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