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> In my country we have olympic medalists in kayaking, rowing etc. and they are nowhere close to making any money out of it. That's the reason that in many cou
by johannes1234321 2y ago
> In my country we have olympic medalists in kayaking, rowing etc. and they are nowhere close to making any money out of it.
That's the reason that in many countries the zoom Olympic athletes work for the state (soldier, police, ...) where training and representing the country at competitions are part of the Job and once the aports career is over ideally they get a job as clerk or such in the administration
- JohnBooty 2y agoCountries like the USA have a system with slightly less pretense. If you're part of the Olympic program you basically get paid a small living wage (but, importantly, all your expenses are paid for: food, medical care equipment, etc) to train full time.
- johannes1234321 2y agoThe benefit of the soldier/police/... system is that you get education for another job on the side, so if your career breaks down for whatever reason you got a simpler transition into a "normal" job.