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by nradov 3058 days ago
False. There are many professional athletes playing today who started much later than age 3.
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In gymnastics?

Certainly, they don't let you play football much until you're 6-9 and then not seriously until you're 12-14. Likewise, basketball and baseball. But very few professionals or top amateurs (for those sports where that is the top) started much later than the earliest they could.