Russians tend to have short arms

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From what I've seen, russians naturally tend to have short arms. They're the only people that I have notice have shorter arms than average for the most part especially those from Dagestan.
Examples:
Artem Lobov Height: 5'9 Reach: 65 Inches Arm length: Unknown
Short torso,short arms.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXyWKDOAze6/?taken-by=rushammer

Khabib Nurmagomedov Height: 5'10 Reach: 70 inches (note wide clavicles)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcT1y86Frxp/?taken-by=khabib_nurmagomedov

Artur Beterbiev Height: 6'0 Reach: 72.83 inches
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQnp98iDwAc/?taken-by=arturbeterbiev

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Quote from: IwannaBeTaller on December 12, 2017, 10:11:02 AMAnd your sample size is three?

Look up any dagestani Russian and,for the most part, you'll see odd proportions. I'd post more pics if it weren't a mission to post them.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/controversial-match-russian-wrestling-championships-leads-brawl-dagestani-boycott
Before anyone calls me an imbecile, keyword is for the most part. Obviously not all of them will be this way. It's just an observation and occurence I've found. I haven't found any other nationality/ethnicity/sub-specie to have odd proportions in terms of arm length to height ratio consistently with those that I have come across.
https://jamestown.org/program/north-caucasian-athletes-put-in-strong-performance-at-london-olympics-2/
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/questions-linger-russia-gets-closer-selecting-olympic-wrestling-team

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Quote from: Android on December 14, 2017, 06:06:32 PMThat's fine if you think so, but don't get sidetracked; the point is about proportions. It's no coincidence that certain sports are populated by similar body types since that's what allows them to be special in their competitive field, and that's what OP may be noticing. If you looked into basketball players for instance, you'd think that a majority of Americans have above-average wingspans.

Now, I don't think that a short reach would be an advantage as a fighter. However it could very well be a coincidence due to the small sample size, which obviously doesn't represent the region's average.

Your point is valid and is likely true. It's tough to find regular dagestanian people because the known ones tend to be sambo wrestlers or mixed martial artists. I wish there would be a consensus done.  America is much more diverse than Russia though and has different immigrants from everywhere so that's a bad comparison.