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Well, technically some of them are funded by the government.At least 1 of the shooters is in the us army, and i wouldn't be surprised if there were more.

Posted by theichibun at 9:59 AM on August 12, 2008

I'm watching men's volleyball right now, and the announcers just talked about this.There are Professional volleyball leagues all over the world.Currently the most lucrative league is in russia.A player will spend about 6 months with his nationalTeam(May november)Participating in world competitions.Then he will spend the next 6 months with his club(Pro)Team.

Most of the softball players play in uk ralph lauren outlet stores the national pro fastpitch league in the summer, and coach, teach or finish up degrees in the off season.

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Two of the rowers are currently suing mark zuckerberg as they claim he stole the idea for facebook from them.Most of them are about 20, so every one that i looked at was currently a university student.There are a lot of olympic athletes that are young enough to still be living at home.

If you check the canadian olympic asscoaition page you can get bios for all of the athletes.I checked the archery competitors again, all are 20 or 22 so they're all students.

My guess is that athletes that have a job are the exception and not the rule.

Posted by guyzero at 10:14 AM on August 12, 2008

Most of the american swimmers are still in college, and swim for the top ncaa teams.

Posted by smackfu at 10:14 AM on August 12, 2008

Oops, i totally missed the"Us"Part of your question.My guess that most of the us athletes are also in their early 20's, making them students also.

Posted by guyzero at 10:16 AM on August 12, 2008

Ny times: "Army sharpshooters have olympic medals in their sights"

Posted by notmyselfrightnow at 10:21 AM on August 12, 2008

In some sports, the national sports governing board, which is usually a nonprofit, supports athletes(In fact, this is where a lot of swimmers get at least part of their money).In some sports, the athletes are in college on scholarship and thus have their training free, as long as they compete for their schools and attend classes. (Again, this is how a lot of the swimmers train too:Only a few swimmers make enough in endorsements to be totally pro. )

I know that most water polo players play league in europe once they are out of school.But no, the us government doesn't fund sports training in any organized way.

Posted by dame at 10:26 AM on August 12, 2008

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Posted by jaimev at 10:27 AM on August 12, 2008

Most of the american swimmers are still in college, and swim for the top ncaa teams.

This is becoming less and less true as more swimmers pick up sponsorship and usa swimming pays out more bonuses(You get money for breaking a world record, for world placement, etc. ).Many of the men swimming for the us this year are post college.However, interestingly, a bunch of non american swimmers also are in the same boat they get scholarships to swim in the states.

Posted by dame at 10:29 AM on August 12, 2008

Our third ny times reference for the thread is

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