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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
I just realized "Summer Olympics" is Northern-centric. Southern Hemisphere athletes are competing outside their natural cycles. Has any truly great Olympian come from a true Southern country (not equatorial)?
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Hello? Ian Thorpe and tons of other Aussie swimmers off the top of my head.
I think at that elite level, they have competitions throughout the year and these days many of them train elsewhere so it's not a geographic/natural cycle issue.
