Lisa Nerati
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9 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 26 Feb
Lisa Nerati’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In addition to travel and equipment, fees for time on the ice or the slopes.
You have a private coach.
Lisa Nerati teaches sports management at George Washington University and says with the extra pricey equipment for some winter activities.
Nerati says parents often eat most of the costs for younger athletes during the years of training it takes to get to the level of joining Team USA.
As for the adult athletes, all that training makes it hard to hold down steady work.
Declan Farmer is a Paralympic gold medalist and plays sled hockey for Team USA.
Team USA has a fan-supported nonprofit that does help fund athletes, and a recent $100 million donation is giving Paralympians and Olympians some retirement resources.
But for most athletes striving along the way, it's the love of the sport that keeps them going, even if it costs them.
I'm Kimberly Adams for Marketplace.
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