Why is Jamaica rich in flying people?

In the men's 100 meter final, Jamaican athlete Bolt actually celebrated the victory in advance by patting his chest with the gesture of looking back at the moon in the last ten meters. Bolt showed his domineering with exaggerated movements, winning the championship with an amazing score of 9.69 seconds and breaking his own world record. Next, three women from Jamaica will win the gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal in the women's 100 meter race. The world exclaimed that the "100-meter flying man" race has entered the "Jamaica era", breaking the American monopoly on this event in the past decade.

Jamaica began to dominate the world sprint. In fact, there are two secrets: one is cultural tradition and the other is the policy of loving talents. The seeds of Jamaican sprint were sown in 19 10, and Bolt became the fastest runner in the world, and he was really a "centenarian". That year, all middle schools in Jamaica began to hold sports leagues, and the winners were given scholarships, which gradually evolved into national sports events, with 2,000 athletes participating and 30,000 spectators supporting them every year. A report in the British Times said, "As long as you find a wasteland on this island, you will surely see children having an impromptu competition. They dream of getting on the podium one day."

Jamaican athletes who have made achievements in sports will have better returns. 19 1 1 year, Norman Manley was selected for the 19 12 Olympic Games with excellent performance. Although he failed to set the first world record of 65,438+000 meters, he was the first Jamaican athlete to receive a scholarship to study at Oxford University. Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica is named after him.

1948, Arthur Winter won the first Olympic gold medal for Jamaica. Since then, Jamaicans have turned their attention to the international arena. 1952 At the Helsinki Olympic Games in Finland, Jamaican athlete George Roden won the gold medal in the 400m, Herbert McKenley won the silver medal and Arthur Venter won the silver medal in the 800m. Together with Ryan, they also won the gold medal in the 4x400m relay race and set a world record. Under their example, more sprinters followed their predecessors and won medals, including the hero Maureen Otti, who brought back eight Olympic medals for Jamaica.

European and American countries began to favor Jamaican sprinters, attracting excellent athletes to college with generous scholarships, or engaging in "track and field immigration." 1992 Olympic Games 100 meter champion linford Christie, 1996 Olympic Games 100 meter champion donovan bailey and 200m champion Johnson represent Britain, Canada and the United States respectively, but they are all Jamaican.

However, generous treatment in the west often drowns their potential. Thirty years ago, for the sake of national sports tradition and talent growth, people of insight in Jamaica decided that all athletes who stayed in Jamaica for training could get the same treatment as those who immigrated to Europe and the United States, guaranteed scholarships to attend universities and exchange with Europe and the United States, and won unexpected national honors-"Although our country is small and poor, we believe in ourselves and we can conquer the world!" This reduced the loss of top foreign athletes, and nearly 300 outstanding athletes entered the program, including Powell and Bolt.

After this policy of cherishing talents lasted for 30 years, the sprint of the world entered the "Jamaican era". Different from the United States, another notable feature of the "Jamaican era" is the rejection of stimulants, in which there has been no scandal. Michael Foraste, who won the sixth place in the men's 100 meter race at the Beijing Olympic Games, said, "Our country is very small. If you take stimulants and everyone knows, you will be embarrassed. " . (Chen Bingyue Matchmaker)