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> so expensive that many competitors couldn't afford to use them Olympic athletes don't buy their own equipment, do they?
by neolog 6y ago
> so expensive that many competitors couldn't afford to use them
Olympic athletes don't buy their own equipment, do they?
- Doxin 6y agoPeople competing below Olympic levels probably do.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Olympic athletes don’t buy their own equipment, do they? That doesn’t mean that there are no cost constraints on their equipment. Also, AIUI, the governing bodies of individual sports which happen to be included in the olympics also govern lower-level competitions, under generally the same rules – because the Olympic competition is supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport, not a different sport with a confusingly-similar name.