U.S. Olympic hopeful Monica Aksamit stranded in Poland due to COVID-19 travel ban. investinyou (in partnership with acorns.)
US Olympic hopeful Monica Aksamit is stranded in Poland after the Polish prime minister announced a ban on all passenger flights for two weeks beginning Sunday.
As a result, many U.S. athletes are coming up with creative ways to meet their financial obligations. In an Instagram post on Friday, the Olympic saber fencer wrote, "I'm currently in Poland, after the recent speech of the Polish president, I may not be able to return back to the United States. My flight booked for Sunday was moved until Monday. ... I am currently sitting and worrying that I won't have a plane to board back home. ... My Olympic qualifying tournaments have been postponed, I've lost a few thousand dollars on this trip.
"Olympic sports are not generally looked at as professional sports ... and not everyone who is training full-time is an NFL-style earner," Williams tells CNBC. The amount of financial support athletes receive from the U.S. Olympic Committee varies by sport, but the total Aksamit says she receives from the USOC is $300 a month. That's approximately $75 a week, or $9.67 a day.In addition to the cost of food, many athletes must also foot the bill for things like training fees, gym memberships, equipment costs, coaching, transportation, competition travel, hotels, visas and registration fees.
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