Inside the Olympic Training Centers

How much does it cost? Who gets to go? Why does the U.S. make this so confusing? Let's do a weirdly deep dive.

Last week, I went down to train and stay at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, an official U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Site.

That’s a mouthful, right?

The training site is tucked away in the suburbs of Chula Vista with a security guard at the entrance. (If you’ve ever been to the inland San Diego suburbs, you know what I’m talking about…