College sports cuts in the wake of Covid-19 are clouding the future of Olympics participation.
Emily Molins was well on her way to competing in the Olympics. Molins, 20, a lightweight rower, joined the under-23 U.S. national team last year, and she competed for Stanford University's national championship team.
Twenty-six colleges and universities, from Stanford to Dartmouth College, have cut more than 90 sports programs, according to an NBC News count. Stanford has cut 11 sports programs, casting Molins and 239 other athletes adrift. "To be on the national team, you've got to play in college," said Erik Shoji, a U.S. Olympic bronze medalist, former NCAA champion and four time All-America volleyball player from Stanford.
In China, the United Kingdom, France and other countries, government ministries focus on building their countries' sports teams. According to the NCAA, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, more thanLooking at the immediate impact the cuts may have on Team USA is unclear because of the"different trajectory or maturation" of each sport's roster, Wilhelmi said.
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