2024 Olympics: My Medal for a Cow! | Blog – Alexandros Lothano

Today, Saturday (27/07), the first medals are awarded at the Paris Olympic Games and Alexandros Lozano presents some of the amazing “premiums” that accompany them.

More than ten thousand athletes are or will be in France For the Olympics, they trained for at least three years, after the games were over. Tokyo That is, with a dream of putting it around their necks and holding it in their hands.

Gold is the ultimate desire, but both silver and bronze give eternal Olympic glory to those who manage to ascend one of the coveted steps of the podium, where the entire planet will see and applaud (at least mentally).

In the Paris A total of 5,084 medals will be awarded, and of course this includes the additional medals awarded in team sports, where all the athletes who make up the team are honoured (but not the coaches, right?).

Each of the Paris Olympic medals contains 18 grams. Eiffel towerfrom materials extracted from the renovations of the historical monument and will forever accompany the “material” winners of this event. Because everyone who participates is a winner, don’t forget.

However, apart from the medals, which remind us of the tremendous success, the majority of the athletes who would receive them, received rewards in the form of money (among them the Greeks), houses, trips, diamonds, and even… cows!

the United StateThe candidates who dominate the medal table on French soil are awarded 35,000 euros for gold, 21,000 for silver and 14,000 for bronze. These amounts are obviously less than in many other countries, but this makes sense, because for the Americans winning medals is a (sweet) routine and not an unexpected surprise.

the Serbia Offers 200 thousand euros for gold (Novak Djokovicdo you hear?), the Morocco 186 thousand and Lithuania 167 thousand among others. The counter, of course, breaks it. Hong Kongwhich will award €700,000 (!) to the gold/gold medalist (if any), but will likely remain second in the relevant list, since Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given to Tokyo 1.2 million euros (!) for Tariq HamidiWho won the silver medal in karate three years ago. Not even gold!

We have more, but don’t leave! TaiwanIn addition to 550 thousand euros, offers to win an Olympic gold medal and a monthly income of 3700 euros (!), the life of its athlete will change for the better after his success, which will carry the name of the country to the four corners of the earth.

Of course, the patent award is won by a margin. Indonesiawhich offers Olympians up to (and) cows! In 2021, Grecia Polly And the My opinion isThe badminton gold medalist received five cows, a house, a restaurant and nearly €320,000 in cash from the state.

It is also original. Austriawhich offers as a prize a rare set of coins made in honor of its Philharmonic Orchestra. ViennaWhich costs more than 18 thousand euros.

the South Koreans Male athletes are motivated to avoid the 18-month (mandatory) military service that can be particularly damaging to their careers, while in Poland In addition to the money, the winners will receive a diamond (!), a trip for two worth €23,000, a painting by a local artist and a two-bedroom apartment in Warsaw.I think I’m not Polish. Am I saying…

note: Horse racing shock The SeenThe presence of four sporting legends in the last (pre) torch relay is also impressive. olympic, ignitionHowever, the most special moment of the different (in every way) opening ceremony was undoubtedly the presence of Celine Dionwho is fighting a very cruel disease, but despite that, she found stability of spirit and was able to provide an explanation for her life, and thus Eiffel tower And in the rain. I even shiver when I write about it.