Olympic athletes battle for cash roasts coffee Shannon Bahrke. Michelle Roark perfume blends. Noelle Pikus-Pace sew hats. Torin Koos promotes pears. Megan Sweeney tends bar. U.S. Winter Olympic athletes work as hard in the snow and ice as on it. They have no choice. Tough economic times such as the mistreatment of a snowstorm, so they have opened businesses or jobs taken part time to pay the bills.