Elite African Marathoners Specialize Earlier than Elite Non-African Marathoners General is known that the African runners are the fastest runners. In this study, the authors compared the 90 fastest African runners against the 90 fastest non-African runners across the marathon route between 2001 and 2015. It clearly showed that the Africans specialize for the marathon route and withdraw from competitive sports. Finding everything under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28488940/