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We don't let athletes take drugs to enhance their performance, but we're almost always perfectly comfortable with the idea that one athlete's natural physiology might give them an advantage over competitors - even an insuperable advantage, as with Michael Phelps' specific physiology (unusually long wingspan and torso, unusually large hands and feet, unusually flexible ankles and remarkably low tannic acid generation). Even though that means many athlete's dreams are crushed before they get in the pool or enter the ring - they're just going up against someone whose physiology gives them an insuperable advantage, but that's not unfair.
Exactly. Whish is why I think athletic competition is ultimately pointless. It's just "Colosseum Games" to amuse and distract the pullulating masses.
