How To Get your Kid a Shot at the Olympics

Yes, you can buy your kid a decent shot at the Olympics.

Behind most Olympic success stories—and plenty of also-rans—stand gamblers who have made enormous financial bets: the parents.

The cost of making the Olympics is astronomical, with every Olympics bringing fresh tales of outrageously expensive sports academies, parental comfort sacrificed in support of young athletes, and careers forsaken in order to shuttle budding Olympians to various competitions along the way.

And parents don’t even known whether their family’s dreams of Olympic gold are realistic until the costs have long been borne, because money and time can only help buy an Olympic berth. (Of the child’s sacrifice, you ask? Ah, ’tis nothing! They’ve never known the untrained life first hand until they retire, though they may have muggle friends.)

Yes, it’s a long shot to get your kid to the Olympics. But there are some ways to improve your odds.

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