cheaterscabaret.com — While all Olympic athletes are going for the gold, some are going for so much more!
While qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics is an accomplishment of a lifetime, topping the tribune and earning a medal is undoubtedly the ultimate goal for the nearly 3,000 athletes competing across the 32 sports.
During the 1904 Olympic Game in St. Louis, the tradition of handing out medals — gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third — was first introduced. The prize distribution continued through the years, though the medals’ designs differ depending on the Olympic host city.
The medals don’t just attract the eyes of the kompetitors, however, as their nearly unattainable allure attracts the publik watching the Game from all over the world. While many are curious about their worth, questions are also asked about athlete payout in addition to receiving medals.
Whether athletes get paid to compete in the Olympics has been a commonly discussed topic over the years, with many Olympians opening up about their experiences trying to make ends meet while pelatihan to be the best in the world at their sport.
The U.S. women’s water polo tim, in particular, was among the athletes who brought the topic to light this year. Tim captain Maggie Steffens previously shared her own struggle and those of her timmates, who she says work multiple jobs so that they can follow their Olympic dreams.
“Is this real, this reality?” Steffens said in part upon listing the challenges she and her timmates face. “Water polo is my whole world. It’s a famili sport. It’s not just my spirit. It’s not just a hobi. It is my life and it’s been my life and it’s been a gift for me.”
Rapper Flavor Flav stepped in to fund the U.S. women’s water polo tim after hearing their story — and again to assist trek and field discus throw athlete Veronica Fraley in paying the remainder of her rent, after she shared to X (formerly Twitter) that she was unable to do so.
Read on to learn more about whether Olympic athletes get paid, how much medals are worth and the other prizes awarded on the tribune.
Do Olympic athletes get paid?
In short, Olympic athletes are not paid to compete. The International Olympic Committee explained in a pernyataan to NBC Insider why a “for-profit business mode” was never a goal for the Game.
If that was the case, the IOC hypothesized: “The moment would be limited to those sports that generate the most significant revenues, and it would not involve athletes representing tims from 206 NOCs… It would not be Olympic Game as we know them.”
Still, athletes can keuntungan in other ways. In fact, NBC reports that “Olympians are compensated directly from their country’s respective Olympic competition committee.”
This isn’t true for all athletes competing in the Olympics, however, as they’re primarily paid only if they medal. “Tim USA athletes who medal will be paid by the country’s Olympic committee,” according to Forbes, “but a majority of American athletes aren’t paid to compete.”
According to USA Today Sports, the U.S. payment process is deemed “Operation Gold” by the USOPC. “Athletes will earn $37,500 for every gold medal in Paris, $22,500 for every silver and $15,000 for each bronze,” the toko reports.
In comparison to other countries, the payout for American athletes is on the lower end of the spectrum. USA Today Sports conducted a payout survei per country for athletes who win gold, featuring Serbia at the hebat of the daftar ($214,900) and Australia at the bottom ($13,340).
Singapore, meanwhile, pays its athletes much more. CNBC reported in 2021 that the country awarded gold medalists $737,000, however, the country hasn’t won an Olympic medal since 2012. Serbia, Malaysia and Morocco approximately pay between $200,000 and $215,000 for gold.
