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U.S. Olympians earn just 5% of what Singapore pays—many are forced to juggle jobs as baristas, brokers, and dentists just to get by

Most Olympians don’t bring home a major paycheck for their sport.

Fortune

U.S. Olympians earn just 5% of what Singapore pays—many are forced to juggle jobs as baristas, brokers, and dentists just to get by

Most Olympians don’t bring home a major paycheck for their sport.

Fortune

Beneath its placid façade, curling is a sport about precision and prognostication

BEIJING — The smooth, glistening ice on which curlers play — it is called a "sheet" — looks pristine, perfectly flat, to casual observers. Chris Plys sees something different as he crouches, squinting.

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Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton

The Guardian - US

Curler tries to turn disappointment into grit

BEIJING — Chris Plys has dealt with letdowns before. In fact, before he joined John Shuster's team, they were a fairly frequent occurrence.

Tribune News Service

Winter Olympics day two: curling, ski jumping, luge and freestyle skiing – as it happened

Team GB face Norway in mixed doubles and there are medals up for grabs in the luge, moguls and ski jumping. Join Martin Belam for the latest

The Guardian - US

La Velle E. Neal III: U.S. mixed doubles curling team trying to get on the same page

BEIJING — The mixed doubles curling team of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys has not played up to its capabilities. That makes Team USA a potential threat as they look to advance out of round-robin play and into the semifinals of the Olympic tournament.

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Chris Plys helps kick off mixed curling in comeback win for U.S. over Australia

BEIJING — Chris Plys had never been to Beijing's National Aquatic Centre, but he felt like he knew the place. On the wall of his office in Duluth, Minn., he has a signed photo of swimmer Michael Phelps at the 2008 Summer Olympics, racing to one of his eight gold…

Tribune News Service

Inside the Power Dynamic—and Secret Code!—That Makes the U.S. a Curling Threat

The women should medal; the men could gold, again. Here’s why Team USA domination is realistic.

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