> Or did they just not have the "luck" of having the genetics/life scenarios that are most conducive to winning their respective competition? Most likely they

> Or did they just not have the "luck" of having the genetics/life scenarios that are most conducive to winning their respective competition? Most likely they did minimal errors or had slightly unfortunate conditions; when it comes down to fractions of a second, minimal performance differences most likely don't matter to much. But all of these people still were at the Olympics. And you bet everyone making it there worked their ass off to get there. Going back to the Fortunes, this might be the equivalent of the "unlucky" exit at a few hundred million, instead of making it to the billions. Which is actually a nice parallel: You might need a bit of luck, but you also need the work.