He suffered a career ending injury on a routine tackle. That doesn't happen to athletes with durable genetics
actually it's routine tackles and not the hits that make the highlights that cause the most injuries
i'm more impressed by guys with high peaks and short careers than guys that were good but stayed healthy throughout their career
here's a genetic elite athlete, mario lemieux
6'4 and handsome, smoked cigarettes and his idea of offseason training was cutting out french fries with his club sandwich
still wrecked the league and is on the mount rushmore of hockey according to most hockey experts, won mvp while receiving chemotherapy for hodgkins disease
he had a lot of back issues too, so no he didn't have "durability genetics" but he had everything in the world working against him health wise and he still was the best
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