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Our cultural backgrounds form a huge part of our societal fabric and SELF-IDENTITY. These norms and traditions can have one community more skilled at an activity than the other communities.
Of course, if a dude from North Eastern turns out to be better at rowing a boat than someone from Lake Victoria, it doesn’t mean that the North Eastern guy should not be given an opportunity to excel. But talent scouts for rowing will find it more efficient to get guys interested in rowing by starting off in the “hotbeds” for boating like the lake region and coast as these are guys who handle boats every single day. Then the North Eastern guys and other interested guys will slowly join the fold.
If peoples are accustomed to jumping very high eg the Maasai and their cultural dances, then High Jump talent scouts will start there. It doesn’t mean that no other people in Kenya can jump as high as the Maasai. It could simply mean that the others have developed no interest in jumping and maybe their interest in High Jump could be picked when they see the Maasais participating in and excelling in the sport.
And then, you can’t deny certain ‘biological advantages’ that certain communities (or, ahem, let’s use the more politically correct term: BLOODLINES) possess. Kales, for instance have been found to have distinct advantages in their hearts, breathing systems and body shapes which give them an edge in long distance running. This is why we weren’t shocked to learn that Samuel Wanjiru’s biological dad happened to be a kale. Lunjes also generally tend to have a strong physical build and stamina and that’s why it’s easy to find one guy talented in soccer, rugby, volleyball, swimming etc, all at the same time.
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Two Kenyan runners have tested positive for doping at the world championships and have been provisionally suspended.
Joyce Zakary, a 400-meter runner, and hurdler Koki Manunga tested positive for unspecified substances in targeted tests after competing in Beijing, the IAAF said Wednesday.
Zakary was second in her opening heat on Monday, running a national record of 50.71 seconds in the 400. But the 29-year-old Kenyan did not run in the semifinals a day later despite having the eighth best qualifying time.
Manunga ran in the opening heats of the 400 hurdles on Sunday and finished sixth of seven, failing to reach the semifinals.
“Athletics Kenya has already met with the IAAF and the athletes involved, and has begun investigating the situation which led to these results and appropriate follow-up action will be taken in Kenya,” the country’s national governing body said in a statement. “In the meantime, Athletics Kenya will provide full support and cooperation to the IAAF during (the) results management process, and will not be providing further comment at this stage.”
The Kenyans have 13 athletes currently serving doping suspensions.
The sport has been hit by doping allegations in recent weeks, with German broadcaster ARD and The Sunday Times newspaper in Britain reporting that they had obtained access to 12,000 suspicious blood tests involving 5,000 athletes.
The report says Kenya had 18 medals won by athletes under suspicion over more than a decade.
At this year’s world championships, Kenya was leading the medal standings after four days with four golds and nine overall. Some of those medals were won by veterans, including Ezekiel Kemboi and David Rudisha, who have been tested regularly for years.
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