Colombian/ South American lifters: knee wraps and sleeves

I've been casually watching the world championships, and have noticed multiple Colombian lifters using the knee sleeve PLUS heavy wraps combo on both lifts.

This is entirely anecdotal of course, but it does seem to me that the proportion of people favouring uber maximal knee support is higher among Colombian/ S. American lifters than it is for other regional groups.

Can anyone offer an explanation? Wild conjecture and baseless speculation is also welcomed ofc 🙂