Olympic DNA: Birth of the fastest humans

By Rachael R. Irving

Somewhere in the hull of the ships, there was a genetic shift, furthered by the environment of the plantations. The mystery is that somewhere between Africa and the Americas, there was a genetic adaptation, some heteroplasmy (mixing of normal and abnormal genes) allowing a number of genes of our African ancestors to exert a multi-systemic role on the health and fitness of the progenies of those who survived the journey. Rumours abound that the most aggressive, strongest of the slaves who were transported to Jamaica escaped to the Cockpit Country, an enclave of self government in the mountains of north central Jamaica. The fastest runners, the world record sprinters, the true Olympians are said to arise from that region. Olympic DNA: Birth of the Fastest Humans examines this claim. The book also speaks to the kinship based on ethnic similarities between Jamaican and American sprinters. The biodata and sprinting styles of four sprinters or Cockpiters: Afasa Powell, Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, and Tyson Gay are compared in: 2+1 ? An American. The author defined the American Tyson Gay as a Cockpiter because of his competitive spirit and the common ancestry of all black sprinters from the Americas. Olympic DNA offers an overview of the development of sprinting in the Americas, particularly Jamaica, from the time of the transatlantic slave trade to today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1470123908
• ISBN13: 9781470123901
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 8.5"