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Why are there so few black people in world-class swimming competitions?
I remember symbolically inviting black swimmers to participate in the world swimming competition and the Olympic swimming competition every year. Black swimmers can't enter world-class swimming competitions if they rely on strength. As you can see, in world-class swimming competitions, the invited black swimmers are much slower than other swimmers. When they finish swimming, the audience will be very anxious. Why are there so few black athletes in the world swimming competition? Are they not suitable for swimming? As we all know, the United States is a big swimmer, but there are no black swimmers in the United States. According to the truth, American black athletes have better physical strength and more developed muscles than white athletes. Why is swimming so bad? With the improvement of people's living standards, more and more people have obesity symptoms, and national fitness came into being. Many people do sports in their spare time, such as running or going to the gym. In fact, sports have always been highly valued in the world, and many sports competitions are held every year. I don't know if you have noticed that in all the games, it seems that black people are very strong, especially in basketball games.

All the basketball stars we know are black, and track and field, marathon and sprint are the best. However, few blacks take part in swimming competitions. What's going on here? Bian Xiao summed up the following points by consulting a large number of materials. Let's see, 70% African Americans can't swim because of long-standing racial discrimination. For a long time, blacks were not allowed to enter public swimming pools and beaches. Therefore, for many black families and communities, not knowing how to swim is a cultural norm, and there is no guarantee that future generations can participate in any crash course in swimming. He also said: "If parents don't know how to swim, their children have an 87% chance of not swimming." So it is caused by racial discrimination in the United States. If black Americans don't have this ban, I believe many black athletes will show their explosive power in today's world swimming competition.

As we all know, blacks look strong and tall, which leads to the fact that under the same conditions, blacks need to make greater efforts to reach the normal level. Muscle proportion and bone weight are much higher than those of the other two races, so blacks are at a disadvantage in swimming. Do you still remember that Simon Manuel, a sophomore at Stanford University in the United States, won the women's 100-meter freestyle in 20 16, and together with Canadian Alekszi Iak, became the first African-American woman to win a swimming gold medal. This is the horn of black people's impact on swimming events! If you want to swim, you must have a swimming pool first. It may not be a problem for us at all. Every city has many swimming pools, but Africa is different.

Poverty and backwardness can't solve the problem of food and clothing. How can there be extra money to build a swimming pool? Compared with swimming, running and basketball, it is much more convenient, so many black people have overwhelming power in these two aspects. In addition, Africa is short of water resources. If we build another swimming pool, it will be a waste of water resources. How to train swimming without a swimming pool? Africa is the poorest continent in the world, and the daily living expenses cannot be met. Parents have no extra funds for their children to take part in swimming training. So is the government. Without the encouragement of parents and the financial support of the government, few people take the initiative to contact swimming.