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An Aussie athlete who was told this week she's officially qualified for her first has revealed the intense financial struggle she continues to face while pursuing her dream, pleading with the public to help cover her costs. Alanah Yukich, 26, competed in five different countries in 16 days trying to secure her spot in the Olympics and admits she is in debt trying to juggle her goals while paying for everyday life. "This is my first year going pro and it's definitely a struggle.

I was working for a while but had to call it quits in January because training was so intense," the 400-metre hurdler told Yahoo News. "Savings wise, it's been massively chipping into that and everything has been out of pocket." Yukich has been forced to scrape around for money, accruing over $4000 in debt in two months alone, and has since set up a page in the hope of recouping some of her costs.



"I have a lot of debt that I still have to pay off still, it's hard," she told Yahoo, writing in the fundraising page that 'any support you can provide, no matter the amount, would mean the world to me'. Yukich, who was raised in the small outback town of Gingin in , has lived in the US for the last six years and received financial aid from the University of Texas where she had a scholarship. After graduating she had to make the difficult decision of whether to remain in the US, where she has an established coach and routine, or move back to Australia where she had "more ties" but ultimately dismantle a lot o.

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