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> For comparison being in the top 2% of any Olympic sport would land you a spot in most Olympic teams. I think this is off by multiple factors of 10? 2% is rea

• dogma1138 8y ago
  Getting into an Olympic team and even passing the qualifiers isn’t the same as winning gold or even any medal. 2% of top performers in their sports can qualify for an Olympic (summer games) team spot. And no we’re not even talking about extreme cases like those that happen in the winter games from time to time. Also remember your selection pool if you think the top 2% of professional competitive swimmers in say 100M can’t get into the olympics again check their scores vs the Olympic qualifiers. We are already discussing a relatively very small pool of subjects here.
  • jerrre 8y ago
    "the top 2% of professional competitive swimmers" is very different from the top 2% of the general public....
    • dogma1138 8y ago
      >For comparison being in the top 2% of any Olympic sport would land you a spot in most Olympic teams. Being in the top 2% of performers in a given sport qualifies you national and even international achievements, if you chose to follow that or not it’s up to you. But in any case top 2% of any group is by definition exceptional.