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Better than gold? $100,000 for US athletes who make the Winter Olympics and Paralympics
NEW YORK (AP) — The stakes for all these U.S. skiers, skaters, snowboarders and sliders over the next 100 days could not be more clear.A chance for Olympic glory.
A chance to compete for a gold medal.
And this year, for the first time, a chance to make $100,000.
Thanks to a recent record $100 million donation to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, athletes who make the U.S. Olympic or Paralympic teams starting next year in Milan-Cortina will be eligible to receive a $100,000 award when they retire.
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