I am terrible at formal statistics so maybe I’m wrong, but I think you are taking issue with the wording of the headline rather than a statistical fallacy. If

I am terrible at formal statistics so maybe I’m wrong, but I think you are taking issue with the wording of the headline rather than a statistical fallacy. If I wrote “why are wealthy people over represented in endurance sports” would you be ok with it? If say ... 1% of the population is wealthy but 20% of participants in marathons are ... that would be potentially of statistical interest, no?