In the quarters, Cheung made a stirring 5-point comeback against the Russian Olympic Committee’s Kirill Borodachev to advance to the medal rounds. Cheung Ka-long won a tense individual foil fencing match against one of the top ranked men in the world, Alessio Foconi of Italy, to advance to the quarterfinals. Like the Philippines, Hong Kong also won its first ever gold medal during the 2020 Olympics, in dramatic fashion-and the territory decided to break the bank to celebrate. The 24 Craziest Stats From the Tokyo Olympics It’s Time for USA Gymnastics to Take the Fall It’s Been Avoiding Multiple Korean athletes have already earned themselves a pass in Tokyo: 17-year-old Kim Je-deok, who won multiple medals in the archery competition the gold-winning fencers on the men’s sabre team and gymnast Shin Jea-hwan, who took home the gold in men’s vault. Here’s what winners around the world can take home-along with their gold, silver, or bronze.
OLYMPIC WINNER CUT MEDAL IN HALF PRO
(Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton neglected to mention you could go pro in that.) But some nations have made sure that their athletes will get paid handsomely for capturing Olympic glory, in cash and otherwise. Or those athletes in 1908 who competed in pistol dueling. Making the podium isn’t always the financial-or gustatory-windfall you might expect, especially if you compete in a rather niche sport, like say, race walking. Yahoo Finance reports that those delicious prizes remain on offer in Tokyo. So, they sold ’em-which while totally understandable, feels a little like kicking a gift horse in the mouth.) At the same Olympiad, German medalists got a lifetime supply of beer, and Belarusian winners received a stockpile of sausage. (Ironically, most Olympians couldn’t afford to own and maintain such cars. In 2016, along with straight cash, the Russian government gave away luxury cars, apartments, and a literal racehorse to various winners for the country at the Rio Games. Some international leaders have taken the prizes to new levels.
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