The Japan Badminton Association will re-award the Olympic medalist champion will receive a bonus of 10 million yenFly into the homes of ordinary people
The executive director of the Japan Badminton Association Kenji Qiangu revealed in an interview on June 13 that Japanese players who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics will receive generous bonuses, of which the champion will receive 10 million yen (approximately 580,000 yuan). bonus.
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The awards announced by the Japan Badminton Association also include 5 million yen for the silver medalist in the Olympic Games and 3 million yen for the bronze medalist. Qian Gu Qinzhi said that the bonus plan has been determined and will not be changed.
In the last Rio Olympics, Matsumoto Misaki/Reika Takahashi won the women’s doubles and won the first Olympic gold medal in Japanese badminton history. Okuhara hopes to also win the bronze medal in the women’s singles competition. The Japanese badminton team has risen at an amazing speed in this Olympic cycle, with the world’s number one Momota Kento in men’s singles, and the number one in women’s doubles such as Yuki Fukushima/Kaika Hirota. The current overall strength of the Japanese team has surpassed the Chinese team, and almost every single item has the opportunity to compete for gold and silver. Kenji Qian Gu said that the goal of the Japanese badminton team is to win medals in all five events, hoping to win three gold medals.
In the last Rio Olympics, the unified bonus policy for the Japanese Olympics was 5 million yen for gold medals, 2 million yen for silver medals, and 1 million yen for bronze medals. This time Japan is the host of the Olympic Games, and the Japanese Olympic Committee has not announced the award policy for this year’s Japanese athletes in the Olympic Games.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the normal operation of many projects of the Japan Badminton Association has encountered considerable difficulties, and income has also decreased a lot.
However, in order to encourage players to achieve good results in the Tokyo Olympics, the Japan Badminton Association finally made the decision to double the Olympic prize money. Qian Gu Qinzhi said: “The Japan Badminton Association is ready for a deficit.” (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)
Editor: Shen Yuye
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