So then I got you wrong, sorry.

However, you must admit this line of yours was misleading:

One could interpret it like you wanted to say Cynthia is like those soccer players in their late 30s who already reached their full potential a long time ago and now they no longer are what they used to be perfomance-wise.
I found it "rude" because Cynthia's time is far from being "over" and nobody can know for sure that she's "reached her zenith" already. There's really nothing in the show indicating that!
Who knows if the PWC had already existed during DPPt? So, you could even argue that since those good old days in Sinnoh, Cynthia has made considerable progress by going all the way from Sinnoh Champion to number 2 in the world. I absolutely can't see why she should have reached her zenith already.

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