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Wall Street. For the past two weeks, teams across the globe have been breaking records, all with the hopes of grabbing a spot on that podium and winning a medal for their country.

But for most athletes, the road to the Olympics isn't cheap.

A recent report on elite American athletes found that they were, on average, horror for

having competed.

Paying a net cost of about $12,000 per year

after all the expenses in fees involved with their sport.

So how do they make ends meet? Here's a special episode of your money briefing for Sunday August 11th.

I'm J.R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal. Today we're taking a

look at the cost of training and competing at the Olympics. It's not all fame and

glory. We'll hear from two metal holders about their financial journeys.

Ahead of that, let's check in with my colleague Joe Pinsker.

He recently wrote a piece about the hefty price that comes with an athlete's Olympic journey.

So Joe, you and your colleague Kalim Borcher spoke to a handful of athletes for this story.

Between training, traveling, and competing, what are some of the big expenses for Olympic athletes?

They need to get to a competition, they need to have lodging when they're there,

they need to buy food. Sometimes these are covered by their teams, but sometimes they're

putting up the expenses themselves.

A little bit less intuitive or obvious is the cluster of other expenses that fall somewhere between

athletic and every day.

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