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Sports like this are generally not fair since one can predict who are able to be a top elite professional with a fairly high degree of certainty based only on g
by belorn 5y ago
Sports like this are generally not fair since one can predict who are able to be a top elite professional with a fairly high degree of certainty based only on genes. It is fairly rare and specific gene variants needed to take up, carry and consume the exceptional amount of oxygen needed to be at the top of human ability of speed and endurance.
It only because people genes are hidden that the sport currently feels fair. It would be much better if the sport had divisions based on actually equal genetic makeup, including those that effects hormone production. A weight class for endurance and speed sports.
- okareaman 5y agoBoxing seems to have solved this problem with different weight classes
- belorn 5y agoThe biggest problem for weight classes in boxing is that people can diet or be dehydrated when measured in order to try cheat the system and qualify in a lower class. Muscle mass could be potential replacements, which I think has been considered from time to time.
- leephillips 5y agoWhat we mean by “fair” in sports is that everyone obeys the rules, not that everyone has the same abilities. One rule for women’s sports is that you have to be...a woman. Letting men compete is not fair.