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highly talented (and succesful) athlete
are usually a combination of mad genetics and mental dysfunction. There's usually some reason that these people find out about their genetic ability and it's often shit like escapting abusive familes, misfits that can't fit in anywhere socially, all that kind of thing. Dig a bit and there's often trauma somewhere at the top level.
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There's usually some reason that these people find out about their genetic ability and it's often shit like escapting abusive familes, misfits that can't fit in anywhere socially, all that kind of thing. Dig a bit and there's often trauma somewhere at the top level.
I'm not sure how true this is now, at least in cycling. Looking at the examples upthread I know it's not true of Tao and Fred and the Hayters seem to come from a nice normal family. Vingegaard and Pog don't exactly seem to come from trauma.
The peloton is actually becoming more middle class and therefore comfortable/less traumatised in terms of background.
Fox
If I were a highly talented (and succesful) athlete I would be even more riled up if people said that all my results are due to my genetics and not my work ethic.
A donkey may never turn in a race horse, but no amount of talent will bring you a gold medal if you don't do the work