Canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has a choice to make — his OnlyFans or the Olympics.
The British athlete was reportedly suspended final month by governing physique Paddle UK, and he suspects it has one thing to do along with his racy exercise on-line.
“I have been posting videos (on Instagram) that are consciously made to be edgy in order to drive conversions to my ‘spicy content page’ (on OnlyFans), to fund this ultimate dream of going to the Olympics,” Rozentals stated in an interview with BBC Sport.
Rozentals was faraway from the World Class Programme, an initiative for potential Olympic athletes, by Paddle UK pending investigation, leaving his canoeing desires up within the air.
“I kind of froze and I couldn’t believe the words I was hearing because this is what I put my life into this is everything I do,” Rozentals instructed the outlet of the second he heard the information.
“My personality at this point, my identity, is sport and I want to be a professional athlete chasing my Olympic dream.”
BBC Sport reported Rozentals “has more than 10,000 “likes” on the platform and “has posted 39 videos and over 100 photos” incomes greater than “£100,000 (about $135,000) since creating his OnlyFans account in January.”
“This is the hardest decision that I’ve ever faced in my life,” Rozentals stated. “I got here to the conclusion about why I began doing this final winter after years of wrestle, residing on the sting, my mum working 90 hours-a-week, having bailiffs on the door.
“I’m going to find a way where we don’t have to struggle, where my mum can enjoy her life and I’m able to put everything into this sport because when you’re thinking about how to pay the rent this month and you’re standing at the start line, that’s not very conducive (to performing well).”
As a UK Paddle Programme athlete, Rozentals had been receiving £16,000 a 12 months — round $21,600 — however stated that’s nowhere close to sufficient to maintain himself.
“I don’t know how much you need but it’s certainly not £16,000,” stated Rozentals. “When you need to cowl hire, journey, meals… and most athletes who practice full-time are all residing in London.
“They’re very fortunate to have parent backing — I wasn’t. I never had the ability to move to London because of financial struggles so I was always doing the travel from the East Midlands, where I live, to London, back-and-forth, back-and-forth.”
