While Lindsey Vonn has an endorsement portfolio befitting one of the world’s most recognizable athletes, and Shaun White once flew to New Zealand because he was craving a particular sandwich, the economic realities are far different for most of the U.S. athletes competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
They’re never going to get rich off their sport. It might, in some cases, even cost them. The biathletes, the curlers, the ski jumpers, the lugers and the Nordic combined athletes — they scrape by with help from their families and federations, juggle training with part-time jobs.
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