All 9 teenagers are white

[yuri malenkov]

The teenagers among the world elite this indoor season:

MALES
Ramil Guliyev age 18 60m sprint Azerbijan
Slava Kolesnichenko (turned 19 today) 200m sprint Russia
Christophe Lemaitre age 18 200m sprint France
Aleksander Bulanov age 19 Shotput Russia

FEMALES
Kimberly Jess (turned 17 today) Highjump Germany

Kristin Gierisch age 18 Triplejump Germany
Jenny Elbe age 18 Triplejump Germany
Ivana Spanovic age 18 Longjump Serbia
Ekaterina Bolshakova age 18 Highjump Russia

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

That's why I believe that blacks are responding better to steroid use than whites are for fast twitch muscle building from training and aerobic recovery.

The white kids are very competitive with the blacks when they are 17-20 and then just fade away when they hit their early 20s. Something is going on here with these Jamaicans that's for damned sure!

 

[white lightning]

That's a great list yuri. Don't forget Melissa Breen(18) of Australia. She already is one of the fastest aussie women they have and she has a alot of upside left.


Two to keep an eye on for sure are Chrisotphe Lemaitre(18) of France and Wilhelm Van der Vyver(19) of South Africa. These kids have incredible potential. I believe that Lemaitre can even go beyond Pickering eventually. I love guys that double in the sprints. You don't see it as much now a days as you used to. Lemaitre has such amazing God given athleticism. The sky is the limit!

 

[indianwhite]

That's why I believe that blacks are responding better to steroid use than whites are for fast twitch muscle building from training and aerobic recovery.



The white kids are very competitive with the blacks when they are 17-20 and then just fade away when they hit their early 20s. Something is going on here with these Jamaicans that's for damned sure!

You do have a point TJR</span>, blacks are notorious steroids users, and they most of the time get away with it. Take the unfortunate cyclist Landis, while the evidence against him irrefutable, I don't see how he had a very high testosterone level after taking a medication prior to the final stage just to nurse an injury (never really understood any of this medical mumbojumbo).

Why do you think whites in this sport are not given much hype by the media? Simple, as our dear friend (j41181</span>) always keeps repeating, they are considered damage goods</span>, just like their predecessors = injury prone</span>, and they get old quickly</span>. That's absolute nonsense I'd say, while I can't argue Michael Johnson played brilliant in 3 Olympics (1992, 1996, and 2000), I think Jeremy Wariner can do the same thing, provided he goes back to the training regimen that won him the gold in 2004.

These 9 white teenage athletes have what it takes to become the best in their field, if they are given the training, chance, and opportunity to excel. I'm looking forward to how they progress in the near future.
Edited by: indianwhite

 

[greyghost]

yo i too am of the opinion steroids influence blackathletes performances and definitely from early twenties onwards.trevor graham reckoned he could make combest a sub 10 sprinter and we know how he helped prepare his other athletes so i reckon until testing is totally all encompassing or the likes of andre yepishin starts taking performance enhancers [he being the fastest white sprinter in several yrs outdoors} then blacks will continue to be seen as the predominant force in elite sprinting ie make all the finals at major competitionseven though black sprinters are beaten irregularly at midmajor and high quality low key meets throughout europe every summer