What sports are Africans generally good at?

In the world sports, there is only one event in which Africans occupy an unshakable hegemony, and that is the long-distance running between men and women in track and field competitions. If Africans in the world of middle and long distance running in the 20th century are equally divided with the other four continents, it is no exaggeration to describe the advantages of African men and women in middle and long distance running in the last two decades since 2 1 century.

Ethiopian long-distance running star: Dibaba

Throughout the history of middle and long distance running in the world, from the Tokyo Olympic Games, African athletes with superior talent for long distance running opened the curtain of defeating the quartet in the world track and field, from Abibe, the barefoot marathon champion of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Ethiopia, to Henry Rono, the Kenyan long distance running superstar who swept the field in the 1970s; From Ethiopian national treasure Yifter, who won the 5000m and10000m championships in Moscow Olympic Games, to the three sisters Dibaba, who surpassed Ma Jiajun in China, African long-distance runners won the respect and admiration of the world with one easy victory after another. Especially since the beginning of the new century, dark-skinned middle and long-distance runners have emerged one after another, and Starlight Glimmer. So far, the African long-distance running corps led by Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda have won almost all the medals in international competitions, while the European, American and Japanese athletes who could have competed with Africans can only admit defeat, and whether they can win a medal has become an extravagant hope.

The famous Ethiopian long-distance running emperor, guess who he is? Looking through the current world track and field records, African athletes currently hold men's 800m, men's1500m, men's 2000m, men's 3000m, men's 5000m, men's10000m, women's 3000m steeplechase, men's and women's half marathon, men's marathon, marathon road relay and men's 4x800m relay. In addition to the above projects, there are few dominant projects that black Africa can play. Of course, they have also emerged a number of world-class sports superstars in the fields of football and basketball, who are the darlings of the Europa League and the American NBA League. But when they formed the national team, their level was greatly reduced. So far, only Cameroon and Senegal have reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Talented African beauty of middle and long distance running: To sum up, the strongest strength of Africans in sports is the middle and long distance running in track and field competitions. Restricted by political instability, economic backwardness, weak national strength and other factors, its overall sports comprehensive strength is the most backward among the five continents, and Africa still has a long way to go to catch up with other continents in sports competition.