From cows to diamonds: the prizes that Olympic medalists will receive when they return to their countries

According to the Olympic delegation, the athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can be found with the rewards more varied when returning to their countries with a medal: a Diamonda exemption from military servicea department, cowsamong many other things.

Currently, the countries that lead The number of medals are USA with 75, China with 52, France with 45, Britain with 40 and Republic of Korea with 26 together with Japan. Argentina is located in the position 36 with a single gold medal obtained by José Torres Gil, known as “The evil”in BMX freestyle.

These are some of the most unusual awards promised to Olympic athletes Paris and others awarded in Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016:

Prizes promised to Paris medallists

The Mexican medalists will receive a reward economic funded by funds confiscated by the United States Department of Justice A politician from the state of Coahuila accused of money laundering, the president announced Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

In an alliance with the Colombian Olympic Committeethe airline Avianca will give miles To the coffee medalists: 100,000 for those who get a gold, 50,000 for silver and 30,000 for bronze. The fencers Hong Kongers Cheung Ka Long and Vivian Kong Man Wai, gold medalists in Paris, received Lifetime metro passes as a gift from the local government. The chain of Pure Gyms The Olympic Games are also offering open-ended passes to China’s 35 Olympic athletes so that they can continue to “represent Hong Kong at the highest level.”

Any Olympic medal obtained will guarantee the athletes South Koreans a exemption from military servicemandatory in the Asian country for all able-bodied men for at least 18 months. The six South Korean archers who won four of the five gold medals in contention in Tokyo-2020 also received cars gifted by their sponsor, the manufacturer Hyundai.

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Hong Kong fencers Cheung Ka Long and Vivian Kong Man Wai, who won gold medals in Paris, have been given lifetime metro passes.

The home delivery food company GrabHas promised free deliveries to the athlete who wins the first gold medal in the history of the Games in Paris Malaysia. The winner may also have a SUV Chery brand and a luxurious apartment from developer Top Residency, the government announced.

Also very generous is the package promised to any Polish to be proclaimed Olympic champion in an individual event: a Diamonda cousin of about 60,000 eurosa apartment two-piece, one chart and a holiday bonus. The other medallists will also receive their rewards, essentially bonuses. “I wanted our athletes (…) to be treated in a special and unique way,” he recently declared. Radoslaw Piesiewiczthe president of the Polish Olympic Committee.

The Iraqi athletes qualified for the Paris Games received a plot of land and a payment of about US$7,200according to the Olympic committee. They will also receive a monthly salary of 400,000 dinars (US$300) from the government. The weightlifter Ali Ammar Yasserreceived a car and a plot of land after qualifying. The committee has promised him US$1,000,000 if he returns from Paris with the bronze.

Some of the Tokyo 2020 awards

To the Indonesian Apriyani Rahayu They promised him five cows, a plot, a dwelling And till three kilos of goldaccording to the press, after winning gold in the badminton doubles competition in Tokyo with his partner Greysia Polii. The Minister of Tourism, Sandiaga Onedeclared that they could also enjoy the best destinations in the country free of charge.

Hidilyn Diazweightlifter, won the first in Tokyo gold medal Olympic in the history of Philippineswhich earned him being promoted to sergeant in the armyIn addition, the government and the private sector offered him two properties.

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Hidilyn Diaz, a weightlifter, won the first ever Olympic gold medal for the Philippines in Tokyo, and was promoted to sergeant in the army.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham Tolentinoassured AFP that he has awarded Olympic medal-winning athletes with houses either landdrawing on his own savings. The Indian Neeraj Chopra He was faced with a curious promise from a businessman when he became Olympic javelin champion in Tokyo: free flights and unlimited with airline IndiGO, and an SUV, he said.

He Singaporean Joseph Schooling marked the Games Rio 2016 by beating Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly, which the Grab company rewarded him with a gift for him and his family, Free travel for a year. A prize that he decided to share with a blind masseur and a Paralympic swimmer. Singapore Airlines also gave him one million of miles.