>>38364000Ash IS athletic, the problem is that SM nerfed him so bad to make the classmates look better, Misty is a swimmer with a bigger body and she can't do half of the shit Lana does.
Lana can jump higher than anyone, make a home run without a sweat, throw shurikens like an expert, get a perfect score in poké-pinpong and more. At least with Iris we knew that she was a wild girl from the beginning, and her flashback to her childhood shows her being able to do the climbing and stuff, Lana is just a fisher si there's literally no reason to have her jump higher other than making her look good with everyone complimenting her.
