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No simple explanation for Kenyan's dominance -- Running

Excerpt of examinations of the Swedish exercise physiologist Bengt Saltin, who went to Kenya last year and conducted some running research of his own to answer the question: Why do Kenyans win such a lot of races? What he found was that, predictably, there is no simple reason why Kenyans as a people tend to be superior distance runners. There are some traditional explanations.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:endurance sports
Published in:http://www.utsandiego.com/
Language:English
Published: 1992
Online Access:https://coachsci.sdsu.edu/csa/vol24/phillips.htm
Pages:17 June D-2
Document types:article
Level:intermediate