Sport

Yesterday I was watching an extended showing of the World Athletics Championship U20 from Nairobi, Nigeria. U20 means under 20 years olds. It was very interesting tournament to see. Olympics caliber. Actually. many of the participants were in Tokyo before.

Looking at some of these under 20s reminded me of the eons ago Soviet female athletes, like Nina Dumbadze discus thrower in the 50s. As I remember she was huge, and very strong. Her femininity was questioned but the Soviets swore on Das Capital that she was a female.

Anyhow, yesterday's athletes might have been under 20 but most certainly didn't look it.  This event being held in Nigeria, every African country was represented and a smidgen of Europeans, Americans, too. It was interesting to see how much advantage blacks have in sprint and other distance runnings. Most of the time they just left the white participants in the dust. I guess that explains why very few of them are ever eaten by lions. They can outrun any swift animal.

Track and field is a total race separated area of activities. If it has to do with running the blacks rule. Other activities like high jump, javelin, discus throwing, hammer throwing, pole vault the whites have opportunities. There were a few Hungarian girls in the running numbers but they just did not finish very honorably. Not for the lack of trying.

Oh well, at least they had a chance to see Nairobi.