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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    They are probably bigger yes, but they have shorter more thick set limbs and larger bodies. This decreases the surface area to body mass ratio which is important for surviving the cold, but its bad for running.
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    No they aren't. White Northern European people generally have larger bodies and shorter limbs, theres stats to back this up and you can look at Allen's Rule to find differences in populations of the same species depending on climate. Larger bodies and shorter limbs helps deal with the cold, and...
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    Christophe has massively long legs and a short body, fairly slender build, tall, he has a body type like Usain Bolt. Perhaps it would be better with slighly more slender hips but thats about it. He has the opposite of what animals/people usually have growing up in cold climates - a large body...
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    also... he cant run in a straight line it doesnt really matter about his arms flailing everywhere but he has to have consistent foot placement so he isnt running sideways into the lane twice every 100m diagonal running like that could easily add 1m to his race, that is 0.08s
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    Christophe Lemaitre "White Lightning" 9.92 and 19.80!

    lemaitre is the last to finish setting himself on the start, its almost as if the gun goes before he is ready, everyone has their head down and his is still up
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