Biniam Girmay On The Lack Of Diversity Within Cycling & His Impact On The Sport | Eurosport 

Why?

He spoke in his language. How’s that impressive?

Duh but it’s good for business to be “discriminated against”

Never! He's fast but all team sprinters are fast

@@robertpearce5553 Never for what?

@@pesahwear dominate the Grand Tours! The Kings have been dominant for 100yrs and will continue another 100yrs

😂😂😂no no no

I see ur point of view, but he only said that he hadn't had any imagination(expectation) in competing Tour de France b'coz he thought it was only for white ppls(he meant it was unreachable). Please don't stress the race I'm sure he wasn't intended to that. Thanks!

@@solomongebrehiwet3425 I am not stressing what Biniam said, and I understand his point of view but have read the title of the video? My point is, to those who are making it about “diversity, race, ethnicity etc”, even if he wins (out of his sheer talent and hard work) they make it sound as if it handed to him.

I couldn't agree more with you on that ! I thought u were speaking about what he said. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

😂 nah he chose to be British

Froom was African who wanted to represent Europe. Talk about Luis mentjzes and some other South Africans and many more promising young Eritreans pro cycling . In the future Africa is going to be contender on the higher level also cycling is going to more celebrated all across the world as it should be.

Bring the top 10 Japanese cycling athletes to Eritrea and let them challenge in any junior level at any time and see the result. Too many pointless semantics !!!

After all Japan is very capable if they want to invest in their cycling as they don't have a budget issues nor any other issues that could pass through as cycling is a very expensive sport!

Bro what?! Besides cycling and swimming, blacks dominate every sport practically. Lol.

And why they are so good at basketball and football. And why they are not good at swimming; they have less body fat, more muscle, & heavier bones, so they are less buoyant. It's all termed genetics.

I think its more to do with environment and sport norms. Example ice hockey and swimming are not common in warm areas(with exception of australia & others)in addition needs access to infrastructure. Physical characterstics due also play a role.

Bro what are you EVEN SAYING SMH

@@alaefarmestatesllc not rowing, snooker, curling, indoors carpet bowling, fly fishing and darts they don't....

In our heavenly constellations it should be irrelevant However historically and presently, race and skin color have been factors that influence how individuals are treated and the opportunities they have access to. acknowledging and addressing should have been one of the first steps of many to reach irrelevance but to conclude naaa mate It is an ongoing process that requires the collective efforts of individuals then we can discuss about pedaling a bike

That's a pretty simplistic take. There's probably a lot of people out there that have the physiology to be able to achieve world tour level fitness, but don't have the means to even buy a road bicycle much less devote their life to it. All SCOTUS really did was reaffirm that opportunities will continue to be most frequently taken by those who have the money to take advantage of the opportunity. That's why Biniam is such a good story, he beat incredible economic and geopolitical odds just to get into the world tour, to actually be a champion is just icing on the cake.

@@davidspagnolo4870 Cycling is pretty simplistic, just peddling a bike. Similarly, basketball is pretty simplistic, dribbling a ball and shooting it through a hoop. A basketball is pretty inexpensive these days, and so are entry level bikes. For simplistic cycling, it's how far, how high, and how fast. People in Africa don't play much ice hockey. Likewise, Canadians aren't shooting many hoops. Believe it. The SCOTUS decision means that Asians and Whites will no longer be discriminated against. To paraphrase MLK, admissions will no longer be based on the color of one's skin, but instead on the content of their character.

@@akimebrahtu5498 You are talking historically. Let's talk about the present. There are opportunities for everyone, especially in the US. We live in a meritocracy, where knowledge, skill, and perseverance, are how people make it in this world. I believe you have been listening to the race divisive side of the aisle.

@@stevemt3238 cycling is not just pedaling a bike. If that's what you think it is, you haven't been paying attention. An entry level road bike is several months' salary for a huge portion of the global population. Add in having the infrastructure, free time, and community support systems, and you've taken the number of people who have the bare minimum means to become even high level amateur cyclists down to a fraction of the global population. Someone who takes very complicated things and boils them down to "success is easy, just be good at something" is someone who has very likely been sheltered from the economic realities of life for the vast majority of people. Sports equipment may be relatively affordable, but time is what's really valuable, and if you and everyone around you is spending all their time struggling to make ends meet, the chances that you go pro in any sport are about as slim as hitting the lotto. Also, not sure why you decided to bring SCOTUS and AA into this in the first place honestly. This is about an Eritreian. The decisions of the US courts are basically completely irrelevant in this discussion. It's a strange place for your mind to immediately jump to when you see a media piece about an African cyclist who has never lived in the US. Makes me think that your views on race aren't as enlightened as you make them out to be.