The 2022 Winter Olympics is still ongoing up until February 20 in Beijing, and so far over 200 medals have already been awarded to athletes from all around the world.
It's a super big deal when an athlete manages to finish on the podium. First off, it is all about national pride. For some winners, however, it also means they would be able to take home a handsome cash bonus as well as it would p[...] Read more » How much do Athletes get at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for Winning Medals?
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The Olympics are an occasion for joy for many people and sometimes i am happy when i watch a sport. From my point of view not too many ugly things have happened here and that is very good, even if an athlete was found positive or the skater who missed the gold medal said that she hates everyone and she hates this sport. Congratulations for those competitors who won medals.
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Wow , there are really many opportunities to win money when you go pro athlete , in the Olympics and not only , besides glory for the gold medal , a big amount of money is always welcome . It's s very good motivation to keep on training , keep on being the best .
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These performance sports are recognized worldwide and it is normal because the Olympics sports are for professionals and there is a lot of work to be done and to do something special. Every athlete deserves appreciation and congratulations
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I think the theme of the awards is perfect. There are countries that pay more than others, which is understandable since there are certain athletes who have better training, infrastructure. Beyond the prizes there is a desire to win the medal itself, regardless of what it is. But money in some cases can stimulate to try to get it. I guess Norway must be one of those that pays less
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I read a bit and saw that Norway has the 1st place on this day and Hungary has a gold medal. Germany and the USA are doing well. My country is no longer what it once was before, because politicians destroyed all sports ... Congratulations to the winners
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Norway, despite being a small country, is one of the best when it comes to the Winter Olympics. Another reality is when we talk about the Summer Olympics. I've seen movies, and I've read news about it and the reason is simple: they are born with skis on their feet, haha. It's a bit of a joke, but it's also true. As children they already learn these sports.
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The results of the Norwegians are good, but they have a very cold climate in winter and that is why they prefer seasonal sports. They have money to invest in sports and their young athletes have enough performance that sometimes brings them rewarding places. This is good for them because they are not such a big country.
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Some countries give more , some less , very strange that some rich countries and governments do not give more money to athletes who win gold medals , don't they want their country to be famous , competitive ??? Ofcourse summer medals are more prestigious for most of the countries , many sportd and very famous among sports fans
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Yeah but in our country is like opposite, the winter sports is the sports that country invest the most. The second is proably basketball and handball. Fotball is just like few cents if we compare to the other countries. But i don't know how much they will get from our olympic organization. Usualy was just few k nothing special.
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when the things go well , governments spare money for the athletes and the olympic champions , when recession begins in a country expenses are cut , athletes then they are on their own
I like the idea the countries to support generally the athletes so as to get help for their training expenses , ofcourse some more $$$$ to the olympic gold winners for motivation is also good , but if sb wins , he''ll get sponsorship , more or less money depending on the achievement and the sport . But untill then , the road is difficult , they need some help , at least the ones with talent ans some successes in their history
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There are countries that not only do not give good prizes for medals, but also do not offer much financial aid to athletes. That is why it is simply almost impossible for them to win anything. In the USA, China, Russia, etc. the participants have the profession of being athletes, swimmers, etc. Here they must necessarily have another profession, or they could not subsist. a pity
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It is not easy for many countries, but this is the situation and everyone resigns where they can. These games are also Olympic, but also European or world, and the more they play, the more chances they will have in front of very good athletes.
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Yes in winter olympics the winners are usualy from European countires. But also Asians are good like Japan and South Korea. Oh and i almost forgot of course the USA and Canada always one of the betters. The last i tihnk are south america and africa but they also have some candidats. For me personaly summer olympics are more fun to watch.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics so far, more than 200 medals have already been awarded to athletes from around the world. It's about national pride. For some winners, however, it also means they could take home an attractive cash bonus.
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I hope too. That oylmpics was like so strange and all the winter sports this year. I am used at like ski jumping that there is thousands of people watching and now nothing or maybe some few k here. I think corona will now be over and we will enjoy sports like we used to do before that. I really hope so.
