by Desmond G. Palmer, posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Usain Bolt may be the fastest and most spectacular Jamaican athlete, but he and his countrywoman Shelly-Ann Fraser are standing on the shoulders of fleet-footed giants of both genders and are heirs to a pedigree that goes back at least a 100 years to the teen-aged Norman Manley, and before him. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, however, there has been an upsurge in the number of enquiring minds that want to know why Jamaicans run so fast. Full Story »
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