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The 'ad appeared yesterday on Sideline Swap a site specializing in the sale of used sports equipment: This is the suit with which he won the' Gold medal at the 2015 World Championships.
Thursday 17 November 2016 4 minutes reading time
To understand the situation you need to step back and analyze how the financing of the US athletes. Only the 'elite athletes are fully borne by the Federation, the US Ski and Snowboard Association, for everyone else it for years the concept of "pay for play", a contribution to be able to compete for the teams and athletes B C varies between 20,000 and $ 25,000 all''anno including registration and travel expenses. This contribution covers only part of the approximately $ 100,000 a season in Europe costs the USSA, is due to a deficit of about 2 million in the budget of the Federation as provided for sports top (just over 22 million ) and what is necessary. It is a situation that makes their noses to the purists much that a year ago Bob Beattie, patriarch of the ski stars and stripes and coach of the first US Olympic medals - Billy Kidd and Jimmie Huega - in 1964, he wrote a critical letter to the USSA denouncing a system that, in his opinion, would have excluded departing samples as Mahre twins. Those interested athletes receive at the end of spring, when it is announced the provisional roster for the next season, a letter informing them dell''ammontare they required in order to participate. At this point everyone is organized as they see fit. Just last night in Vail was held a dinner in the presence of Lindsey Vonn and Steve Nyman, to raise funds for the B team, which last year brought 80,000 Euros to be divided among 11 athletes; some as young Nellie-Rose Talbot, Development Team, resort to crowdfunding platforms like Rallyme created in partnership with many American sports federations. All means of financing matters and for this reason Ted Ligety wants to help the young AJ Ginnis in his way to the summit. Born in Greece, the expenses Ginnis' childhood in Austria before moving to Vermont and be called in the summer of 2012 (17 years) in the Development Team. Selected for the European Cup of 2014/15, with AJ picked Rallyme $ 25,000 and quell''anno plus debut in the World Cup won the bronze in slalom at the Junior World Championships in Hafjell. Now, after losing a large part of last season with an injury to the meniscus, Ginnis, C still in the team, with the support of Ligety - at the time to bring home the suit takes 4500 euro - try to hunt early points of the World Cup although Levi came out in the first round.
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