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Table 3

Practical example of analytical process

Quote	Core patterns	Code	Focal area	Theme	Holistic narrative
Yaroslava “Days are pretty similar. You’re alone a lot. In difficult times, it’s harsh when no one looks after you.”	Committing career, (Compromises to) civilian life	Career involves a lot of loneliness and perseverance	Competing and training	Mental and physical demands	Tension of performance Striving for meaningful achievement while reflecting on personal costs
“When I looked up and saw what I just did, in the Olympics … Nothing will ever come close to that feeling.”	Training and competing	Greatest sport achievements are unique in the whole scale of life	Succeeding and merits	Significance of career and achievements
Bjorn “It’s so awesome to travel the world with your best friends and share the successes.”	Committing career, Work community	Community and camaraderie in career are greatly valued	Total commitment Sociocultural capital	Professional life	Tension of identity Continuous renegotiation of relationships and comparisons with life beyond sport
“If sport was left out, I’d have time for other meaningful things. It’s not like I’m just an athlete.”	(Compromises to) civilian life	Other things than sports career are highly meaningful in life	Home and family	Personal life
Lindsey “I’m an entrepreneur, I have a company in place and staff who help me. That wouldn’t exist without me.”	Individualism and entrepreneurialism	Athletes are often CEOs in their own team/company	Entrepreneurial activities	Individualistic mindset	Tension of work economy Negotiating personal control and agency versus structural constraints
“The national team is like a forced work community. You don’t have to be friends but must keep it professional.”	Work community, Sport system	National team is a system-level necessity that demands working with others	Work community	Systematic demands

Quote	Core patterns	Code	Focal area	Theme	Holistic narrative
Yaroslava“Days are pretty similar. You’re alone a lot. In difficult times, it’s harsh when no one looks after you.”	Committing career, (Compromises to) civilian life	Career involves a lot of loneliness and perseverance	Competing and training	Mental and physical demands	Tension of performance Striving for meaningful achievement while reflecting on personal costs
“When I looked up and saw what I just did, in the Olympics … Nothing will ever come close to that feeling.”	Training and competing	Greatest sport achievements are unique in the whole scale of life	Succeeding and merits	Significance of career and achievements
Bjorn“It’s so awesome to travel the world with your best friends and share the successes.”	Committing career, Work community	Community and camaraderie in career are greatly valued	Total commitmentSociocultural capital	Professional life	Tension of identityContinuous renegotiation of relationships and comparisons with life beyond sport
“If sport was left out, I’d have time for other meaningful things. It’s not like I’m just an athlete.”	(Compromises to) civilian life	Other things than sports career are highly meaningful in life	Home and family	Personal life
Lindsey“I’m an entrepreneur, I have a company in place and staff who help me. That wouldn’t exist without me.”	Individualism and entrepreneurialism	Athletes are often CEOs in their own team/company	Entrepreneurial activities	Individualistic mindset	Tension of work economyNegotiating personal control and agency versus structural constraints
“The national team is like a forced work community. You don’t have to be friends but must keep it professional.”	Work community, Sport system	National team is a system-level necessity that demands working with others	Work community	Systematic demands

Source(s): Authors’ own work