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Letter: Population isn't really a factor in fairness of sport

Published 14 August 2024

From Toby Pereira, Rayne, Essex, UK

Having read your leader on inequalities in sport, I would say that it is a statistical inevitability, rather than unfairness, that a country with a large population will (all things being equal) have more sports stars than one with a small population. This is the same for any field of endeavour. Is it a problem that there are more scientists from the US than from Monaco? Clearly not (Leader, 3 August).

Issue no. 3504 published 17 August 2024

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