Why the dominance of East Africans in distance running? A narrative review
Runners from East Africa including Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda have dominated middle- and long-distance running events, for almost six decades. This narrative review examines and updates current understanding of the factors explaining the dominance of East Africans in distance running from a holistic...
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| Main Authors: | Grivas Gerasimos V., Onywera Vincent O., Marco-Contreras Luis Alberto, Sutehall Shaun, Muniz-Pardos Borja |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2024-08-01
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| Series: | Translational Exercise Biomedicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2024-0018 |
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