I didn't think you'd edited anything out of Eve's comments on purpose; perhaps just missed something, or were careless, or something.

Okay, maybe I didn't read the bit about the surgery carefully, because now that you mention it here, yeah, I can see how that might come across badly.

As for the 'over representation' of some Africans in certain sports, yes, I do think it's noteworthy when they come from small countries who don't have the money and resources put into developing athletes and teams the way richer European countries do. That said, if athletes from small countries like Lithuania or Estonia were over-represented in certain Olympic sports I WOULD find that interesting. Especially when they don't have the money to put into sterling teams and athletes the way the US and Russia do.

Why were the Russians so damn good at bringing home more metal than a Motley Crue concert before they were banned? I think we all know the answer to that and it ain't superior Aryan genes. Slight biological differences and drugs for athletic performance are things that make me go hmmmmmm. But, I wouldn't support banning athletes for any natural slight advantages they might have, whereas I'm okay with banning dopers.