> Olympic athletes don’t buy their own equipment, do they?
That doesn’t mean that there are no cost constraints on their equipment.
Also, AIUI, the governing bodies of individual sports which happen to be included in the olympics also govern lower-level competitions, under generally the same rules – because the Olympic competition is supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport, not a different sport with a confusingly-similar name.
Olympic athletes don't buy their own equipment, do they?