Whereas the Worldwide Olympic Committee doesn’t give prize cash to winners at Paris 2024, many countries and territories supply incentives to their athletes to come back house with gold, silver or bronze.
Many are monetary, however the rewards will be extra eclectic — something from exemption from obligatory army service to vehicles, cows, flats and even free meals deliveries.
Right here, AFP Sport appears at some of what’s on supply for gold, silver and bronze across the globe:
South Korea
An Olympic medal, of any color, grants athletes exemption from 18 months of obligatory army service, which all able-bodied males should undertake by the age of 28.
A gold on the Asian Video games does the identical, which star footballer Son Heung-min famously achieved at Jakarta in 2018 to keep away from his spell in fight fatigues.
The nation’s six archers on the Tokyo Video games, who claimed 4 out of 5 golds, had been all given vehicles by Hyundai, who sponsor the workforce.
Poland
Gold medalists in particular person occasions obtain a money prize of 250,000 zlotys ($63,000), a two-room condominium, a diamond, a portray and a vacation voucher.
Silver and bronze medal winners are additionally generously rewarded with money and different items.
Indonesia
Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Polii, who received badminton girls’s doubles gold at Tokyo three years in the past, had been reportedly pledged rewards starting from new homes from a property developer to meatball eating places from a social media influencer.
Apriyani was additionally promised 5 cows, a plot of land and a home by the district head of her hometown in Southeast Sulawesi, in line with state information company Antara.
One other report stated state-owned enterprise PT Pegadaian promised to provide the pair three kilograms of gold.
Tourism minister Sandiaga Uno stated they might take pleasure in free holidays within the nation’s 5 premier tourism locations.
Jordan
When athlete Ahmad Abu Ghaush received the nation’s first-ever gold medal — the lads’s 68 kg division in Taekwondo in Rio — the nationwide Olympic committee gave him 100,000 dinars ($140,000) and his coach round half that.
Abu Ghaush additionally acquired many different rewards and items from native corporations together with a automobile and a luxurious watch, whereas King Abdullah II awarded him the First Class Order of Distinction.
The Philippines
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz was rewarded for successful the nation’s first ever gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics by being gifted two properties and a promotion to employees sergeant within the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Abraham Tolentino, president of the Philippine Olympic Committee, advised AFP he had beforehand given medallists homes and land at his personal expense.
Iraq
In line with officers, Iraq’s soccer gamers had been every given greater than 9 million dinars ($7,200) and a plot of land for qualifying for the Olympics.
Weightlifter Ali Ammar Yasser acquired a automobile and a plot of land after qualifying for the Video games, and has been promised one million {dollars} if he brings again the bronze medal or higher.
Malaysia
Malaysia’s first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in Paris is not going to be going hungry, with one 12 months’s value of free meals orders promised by supply and transport firm Seize.
They may also obtain a Chery SUV automobile in addition to a luxurious condominium from property developer High Residency, the federal government stated.
India
When Neeraj Chopra received javelin gold in Tokyo he was promised limitless free air journey for a 12 months by airline IndiGo and a brand new seven-seater SUV by a businessman.
Singapore
After Joseph Education made historical past on the Rio Video games in 2016 by beating the nice Michael Phelps to 100m butterfly gold, ride-hailing service Seize provided free transport for him and his household for a 12 months, which he shared with a blind masseur and a para-swimmer.
Singapore Airways chipped in with one million air miles, whereas the federal government provides a million Singapore {dollars} ($750,000) for any gold medal.
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong authorities gave Paris gold medal-winning fencers Vivian Kong and Cheung Ka-long lifetime journey tickets for the town’s MTR subway system and promised the identical to all different medallists.
The Hong Kong Jockey Membership additionally provides particular person gold medallists HK $6 million ($770,000).
Gymnasium chain Pure is providing lifetime memberships to all 35 Hong Kong athletes competing in Paris and the territory’s Cathay Pacific airline stated it could give all medal winners free enterprise class journey for a 12 months.
