Crossword Genius

A sportsman gets the tale wrong (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athlete

'a sportsman' is the definition.
(type of sportsman)

'the tale wrong' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'tale'='thetale'
'thetale' is an anagram of 'ATHLETE'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "The late one is very fit, oddly" , "Runner, jumper, thrower" , "eg Dean Macey" , "Track eventer" , "Bolt perhaps" .)

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