US Olympic Medal Winners.....
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No, they get their picture on a stamp instead.
There was an article on this on the BBC website a few days ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19101429
Some countries are offering their athletes huge amounts of cash for gold with Singapore offering over half a million pounds.
Personally I think it would be better to put any incentive money back into grass roots development for younger athletes, as the gold medal winners will earn big money from sponsorship after the games.
There was an article on this on the BBC website a few days ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19101429
Some countries are offering their athletes huge amounts of cash for gold with Singapore offering over half a million pounds.
Personally I think it would be better to put any incentive money back into grass roots development for younger athletes, as the gold medal winners will earn big money from sponsorship after the games.
That's the way it should be for me, most of the Olympians are professionals anyway.Z4-35i said:
From BBC:
Medals means money and without hitting their minimum target of five, British Swimming puts itself in significant danger of a cut from the £25.1m they have received over the last four years.
The £264m UK Sport divides between all Olympic sports is expected to remain the same for the Rio 2016 campaign, but with the likes of judo and canoeing performing well in London, they can expect a larger slice of the funding pie.
"UK Sport operate a very objective system based on your targeted medals and how many you achieve.
"The fact of the matter is that there are loads of other sports that are doing extremely well and there's a only one pot of a certain size," said Parry.
So I think people with gold medal will get more pay.
Medals means money and without hitting their minimum target of five, British Swimming puts itself in significant danger of a cut from the £25.1m they have received over the last four years.
The £264m UK Sport divides between all Olympic sports is expected to remain the same for the Rio 2016 campaign, but with the likes of judo and canoeing performing well in London, they can expect a larger slice of the funding pie.
"UK Sport operate a very objective system based on your targeted medals and how many you achieve.
"The fact of the matter is that there are loads of other sports that are doing extremely well and there's a only one pot of a certain size," said Parry.
So I think people with gold medal will get more pay.