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To everyone crying for the poor take-advantage-of photographers who accidently got themselves into this awful arrangement, gimme a break. I do plenty of direct-to-participant speculative event sales, which I find profitable enough that I'm happy to pay the photographers I have trained in my methods $500 a day plus all flights, hotels, and travel expenses to shoot with my gear and give me the memory cards to upload. I'd highly suspect they don't need your advice or pity.
If they didn't negotiate exclusivity, shoot your shots and stay out of their way. Don't make it weird, if you know them, just say hello and point out who you are there for--if I was shooting the event officially from a publicly-accessible area, I'd be happy to duck down when your athlete was going, or share settings etc. "I'm working with that girl, she hired me for this as a part of some other work I was doing for her...if you guys are ever shorthanded for events like this, I'd be happy to talk!" is a lot better than trying to be sneaky and coming off like a creep, plus they might end up booking you for a larger event in the future!