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Birthplaces of the 100 fastest 10km runners of all time (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This can't be the whole story, otherwise we'd see places like Chile, Peru, and India competing too

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

India? the sea and the himalayas are too far apart to compare.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

India's Deccan Plateau is about as elevated as most of Kenya's highlands and takes up basically the entire land area of India that sticks out into the ocean

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The air sucks in India too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No idea about the other two, but India's sports administration is corrupt to the core. Funds are stolen by those on top, and athletes who complain - even about obviously criminal things like sexual assault - are pushed out. Some sports bodies (chess, for example) are better, but the big ones (cricket, wrestling, football) are mostly bad.