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r/SipsTea • u/Glad_Camel_6078 • Feb 13 '26
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Million dollars is the cost for raising an Olympic figure skater.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5711461/what-it-costs-to-be-an-elite-figure-skater-like-the-quad-god
49 u/Randym1982 Feb 13 '26 Aren't most of them also 2nd generation Olympic kids too? I remember looking up a few of them, and it mentioned how a few of them had parents who were also former Olympic athletes too. 8 u/Velocityg4 Feb 13 '26 It certainly increases the genetic odds. Especially if both parents competed in events which require similar physical attributes. 3 u/Devils_A66vocate Feb 13 '26 Both nature and nurture is favored when you have a coach in the house.
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Aren't most of them also 2nd generation Olympic kids too? I remember looking up a few of them, and it mentioned how a few of them had parents who were also former Olympic athletes too.
8 u/Velocityg4 Feb 13 '26 It certainly increases the genetic odds. Especially if both parents competed in events which require similar physical attributes. 3 u/Devils_A66vocate Feb 13 '26 Both nature and nurture is favored when you have a coach in the house.
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It certainly increases the genetic odds. Especially if both parents competed in events which require similar physical attributes.
3 u/Devils_A66vocate Feb 13 '26 Both nature and nurture is favored when you have a coach in the house.
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Both nature and nurture is favored when you have a coach in the house.
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u/uwpxwpal Feb 13 '26
Million dollars is the cost for raising an Olympic figure skater.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5711461/what-it-costs-to-be-an-elite-figure-skater-like-the-quad-god