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[nateium]

[endo]

Yeah, just look at the differences in height and weight of North and South Korean children.

It's actually quite dramatic.

Especially since North Koreans have historically been considered taller than their southern couterparts. However, during the past 60 years this idea has changed in the opposite direction.

[Alyallen]

I know the getting bigger, getting better food deal is important but it's just a self serving way to avoid the fact that Asian athletes (in general) would be way better if they had

*Better facilities
*Better Coaches
*A feeder system (like in soccer in Europe or basketball in the U.S.)
*More interest in a wider diversity of sports (I'm sorry but not everyone can be the next great soccer star)
*Equal funding and access to facilities for both genders

Personally, I think the fourth and fifth factors are important. Why aren't there more great female swimmers, volleyball players, or gymnasts? There are so women who had potential who perhaps never got into any sport because they've been told it's too rough, they are too weak, or they are too pretty to get all muscly. Nowadays though these old fashioned ideas are falling on the wayside and more women are entering sports.

I think the five things I mentioned in addition to some other comments in this thread are more insightful than "Oh...they are bigger and now they are better." If that was the case, there should be more than one...yes people, one Olympic medal in swimming that belongs to someone who is "Black" and to add to the point that medal was won at the 2004 Olympics So sometimes size doesn't matter....

Sorry if those last few sentences are awkward, I swear some days I can't write gracefully to save my life