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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Back not even 20 years ago I swear Olympians were not making bank. They were just regular people.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 11 points 3 months ago

Most of them still do. She's ridiculously successful and that gives you sponsorship money, she's basically the exception.

[–] AnyProgressIsGood@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

They still aren't unless they are peak

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There was a time when the Olympics were only open to amateurs. They changed it a while back, thus giving us the dream team.