The Beijing Winter Olympics have now come to a successful end, and the Chinese Winter Olympic team has won a total of 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, which has created history in both the number of gold medals and the number of medals. Winning olympic medals is the biggest dream and honor of athletes from all over the world, after their own hard training for the country to win honors, the country will naturally not turn a blind eye, no matter in which country, athletes who won Olympic medals will receive certain rewards, but this award has no specific standards, and countries are different.
Take the mainland, although there are no official documents and official statements, but from the media reports, the Chinese Winter Olympic team gold medal athletes can get rewards ranging from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan, silver and bronze medal winners should also have corresponding rewards, in addition, the local government will also come up with some rewards. Of course, China has a huge market, and athletes can earn much more than they can get product endorsements.
For example, in the United States, Olympic gold medalists can get $37,500, silver medalists can get $22,500, and bronze medalists can get $15,000, all of which are not taxed. At the same time, medal-winning athletes can also receive awards such as health insurance, access to top-tier medical facilities, and university tuition assistance. Another example is Hong Kong, China, where the Hong Kong government has prepared a prize of HK$5 million per person for the Winter Olympic champions, but unfortunately no one has yet won the gold medal.
Of course, in addition to these cash rewards, some countries have many more bizarre rewards, which can also be said to meet their respective needs. For example, real estate, free lifetime tickets and so on. After the Japanese women's curling team won the silver medal at the Winter Olympics, the government awarded 2 million yen to each athlete, and the sponsor rewarded each athlete with another 6 tons of rice and a year of milk. Many netizens complained: "6 tons of rice, may not be able to eat it in a lifetime."
Athletes can enter the Olympic team itself is a difficult thing, some of them may have to receive professional training from a young age, and the best youth of their lives are also spent in training, so they have lost a lot while getting honors, and it is reasonable for the state to provide material rewards for athletes.