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351. Here’s Why You’re Not an Elite Athlete

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The Power of the Sports

A lot of athletes we've been interviewing for the series came from athletic families. Athletic talent is considered one of the more heritable traits passed from parent to child. If a majorly baseball player has a son, that boy is about 800 times more likely than a random boy to also make the majors. The uralian sailor elisa camplin won gold and silver medals in skiing and aerial skiing thanks to training with other sports stars.

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