China News Service, August 9th. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), promotion and salary increase, new cars and new houses, and winners of life... For many athletes, winning medals at the Olympic Games brings more than just glory and A sense of accomplishment, there are many actual "material rewards."

　　Let's take a look at the medal winners of various countries at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. What kind of additional rewards will they receive?

On July 26, Philippine player Diaz in the game.

On the same day, the women's 55 kg weightlifting competition for the Tokyo Olympics was held at the Tokyo International Forum Building.

Filipino player Diaz won the championship.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang

Won the

Philippines'

first gold, "Xi mention" new house

　　Philippine weightlifter Edilynn Diaz won the country's first Olympic gold medal in history in the women's 55kg competition, making the country boil and becoming a national hero in one fell swoop.

　　Diaz's achievements in the arena also changed her life outside the arena.

　　In addition to winning more than $600,000 in cash prizes, she also won two new houses-one of which was a luxury apartment presented by a wealthy Filipino.

　　While preparing for the Olympics, Diaz didn't even have a decent gym.

　　Prior to this, she and her teammates were stranded in Malaysia for 18 months due to the new crown epidemic.

The picture shows the badminton women's double finals award ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

The most amazing

prize: five cows and meatball shop

　　However, the rewards of some countries are a little bit strange.

　　After Indonesian players Grecia Polly and Abriani Rahayu won the gold medal in women's badminton doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, a meatball chain restaurant promised to give them a restaurant alone.

　　The person in charge of the Sulawesi region of Rahayu’s hometown promised to give her 5 cows and 1 house.

　　Polly, 33, said: "I was born a badminton player. I had this belief when I was 13 and I wanted to make history for Indonesia."

New job, salary increase, and exemption from military service

　　In many countries, an Olympic medal can bring a new job or a higher salary.

　　Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in Tokyo and was awarded about 350,000 U.S. dollars.

Chanu also received a public promise from her current employer, the Indian Railways, that she would be promoted.

　　In South Korea, for some men's medal winners, the reward may also include exemption from the original 18 months of mandatory military service.

On August 5th, the Australian team players pass the ball in the game.

Bonuses are distributed in various countries

, and the amount varies greatly

　　In addition, the amount of bonuses in different countries varies greatly.

　　For countries with fewer medals, the glory of the Olympics is a more glorious thing.

　　Malaysia participated in the Olympic Games 13 times and won only more than 10 medals. They promised to award US$241,000 to the country’s athletes who won gold in the Tokyo Olympics, US$72,000 for silver medals and 24,000 for bronze medals.

　　In the Tokyo stadium, Malaysia won 2 medals.

　　On the other hand, Australia, which has won more than 500 medals in the history of the Olympic Games, gave each athlete standing on the podium less than one-tenth of Malaysia's-Australia won more than 40 medals in Tokyo. Medals.

It is a

material reward and a means of subsistence

　　The awarding of awards to Olympic medal winners is not new, but can be traced back to the 1980s, but the scale of awards has increased a lot compared to the time.

　　Singaporean swimmer Joseph Skulling once won the gold medal for defeating American swimming legend Phelps and won a generous prize of 750,000 US dollars.

　　However, for many people, these bonuses are also a means of subsistence.

　　Some sports events do not receive much media attention outside the Olympic cycle, and it is difficult to get sponsorship.

　　In February 2021, the research organization Global Athlete visited more than 500 elite Olympians from 48 countries to learn about their finances.

　　Nearly 60% of them said that they "do not consider themselves financially sound."

Athletes from several countries rely on crowdfunding projects to fund their participation in the Tokyo Olympics.

　　British BMX cyclist Bethany Schriever must use crowdfunding to realize his dream of participating in the Olympics, because in 2017, the British Sports Authority abolished funding for women's cyclists.

　　The Greek weightlifter Theodoros Yakovidis also announced in Tokyo that he could no longer maintain his athletic career due to financial difficulties.

　　The new crown epidemic has also made things more complicated, because some games with appearance fees and funds have been postponed or cancelled.

　　Fortunately, many of the above-mentioned medal winners no longer need to worry about this kind of thing after they have been rewarded.

　　Diaz said at a press conference after the gold medal: "Despite the epidemic, we came here and brought the medal home." She said, "Nothing is impossible."