The Stevens Awards will offer American athletes long-term pensions starting with the Milan Cortina Games. Photo by Cui Nan/China News Service via Getty Images

A total of 232 athletes will represent the U.S. at the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics, marking the nation’s largest-ever roster for the Winter Games. But that isn’t the only way Team USA is making history this year. The squad will also be the first group of American Olympians and Paralympians to receive retirement benefits, thanks to a donation from financier Ross Stevens.

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Stevens, the CEO and founder of asset manager Stone Ridge Holdings Group, last year pledged $100 million to help the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) bolster the economic stability of athletes through the newly created Stevens........

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