British discus thrower Jade Lally, ready for the European Championship, could not go to the next competition.
She then pleaded to receive the equivalent of 25,000 SEK that was missing from an online fundraiser.
A day later, she received 110 thousand.
Jade Lally’s story says something about today’s athletics problems.
Top players, such as Mundo Duplants and USA Sidney McLaughlin, earn tens of millions each season.
At the same time, major shoe companies withdrew their sponsorship of those outside the top in the world.
– Yes, if today you are ranked ninth or tenth in the world, you find it difficult to earn a living from your sport. It’s sad that athletics as a global sport doesn’t manage to generate more money, says Mondo manager Daniel Weisfeldt.
withdraw all support
The most affected are the sects. The medalists there are also affected.
Nike essentially pulled all support for the shot putters and discus throwers in the world last year.
Even for an Olympic champion like Daniel Stahl, who still gets an extension after long negotiations, but less than it was before.
Jade Lally was an eight-time British champion and two-time Commonwealth Games medalist. She took part in the restroom in Eugen and was selected to join the European Commission in Munich. I took the silver at the Commonwealth Games recently this week.
However, it has to pay a large part of its competition out of its own pocket.
“There is nothing left”
And despite five jobs and the fact that the family back home in Australia cut back on all of their expenses, they were cut off about halfway through the season.
– This year alone, competitions, training camps and trips cost me £15,000 of my own money, as I wrote on gofundme.com.
– Now I have nothing left.
– I’m not proud that I should ask for help, but I have no sponsors, no support, and now I have no other way out.
Lally needed the equivalent of 25,000 SEK to be able to charge up and compete this weekend in Portuguese lira ahead of the European Commission in Munich.
But when the story became known, the money started pouring in.
Lally’s collection has already reached £8,855 at the time of writing, or 110,000 Swedish kronor.
That’s enough to survive much longer than the upcoming weekend.
