If genetics wasn’t a limiter, there would be no debate about trans athletes.
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good point…
As it is, the fact that some women can beat some men is used as an argument for trans inclusion.
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Read The Sports Gene, really highlights how much nature pays a part in getting to the very top. i.e. @pacha was never gonna play in the NBA no matter how much he trained, likewise I was never going to be a jockey or 10000m runner. Many top level swimmers have hyper mobility in their shoulders and elbows, unusually big hands and feet. XC skiiers all have huge VO2 max .
You can do very well with effort and work, i dont see why even i couldnt trouble some AG tri podiums if i had the time to train and recover well , but no amoutn of training would have me running with Alex Yee.
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It’s true the best I could do is 2nd division college B ball 
The Sports Gene is an excellent book.
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i can vouch for that… 
Look at the recent nobel prize winners who determined that those people who thrive at altitude in the east have Denisovan DNA…
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If you went to school in Arizona you may have made the Navajo Nation 
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