Beefcake
08-29-2011, 07:52 PM
Re: white guys and sprints: I was momentarily taken aback :huh: when [forget which announcer] said that Frenchman Lemaitre was the first "white man"
[or more politically correct and more specifically correct since I'm sure a mixed race guy or two has crossed the threshold, "the first person genetically of European origin"]
to officially cover the 100m in less than 10 seconds. But, then, thinking back, "yes, can't think of anyone ... but really, isn't Carl Lewis white?" :P
[or more politically correct and more specifically correct since I'm sure a mixed race guy or two has crossed the threshold, "the first person genetically of European origin"]
to officially cover the 100m in less than 10 seconds. But, then, thinking back, "yes, can't think of anyone ... but really, isn't Carl Lewis white?" :P