The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
vo2 max is not the most important indicator as a runner or cyclist it's vvo2 max or pvo2 max that matters in other words for a runner vvo2 max is much more predictive of performance which is the velocity you carry at vo2 max and for a cyclist it's pvo2 max which is the power output at vo2 max
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when we get into the minutia of exceptional Human Performance V2 Max is not the best predictor so let's put swimming aside because it's so obvious there but why would it not be the best predictor of performance in something like cycling for example or running where the aerodynamic contribution are in the case of cycling is easier to mitigate still nowhere near as bad as swimming and where the efficiency maybe isn't as important