Five cows, land, an apartment and free coffee for a lifetime are some of the prizes to be received by the Indonesian women’s badminton couple that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indonesian archipelago, where this racket sport is almost a religion, vibrated on Monday with the victory of the female duo formed by Apriyani Rahayu and Greysia Polii in the final of the tournament against the Chinese couple (21-19, 21-15).
Indonesian President Joko Widodo congratulated athletes on social media after a “tough and exciting game” and whose victory, according to the president, It is an early gift for Independence Day, which is celebrated on August 17.
The government will reward with 5 billion Indonesian rupees (almost 350 thousand dollars or about 295 thousand euros) to the winners, that also they will receive a flat in the capital, gift from a real estate developer, in addition to phones or indefinite magazine subscriptions.
A coffee shop in Jakarta also announced that it will offer champions free coffee for life.
For his part, the district chief of Konawe, on the island of Sulawesi, where Apriyani is from, told the news portal Time that the local administration give you five cows and a piece of land to build a home to the Olympic champion.
Indonesia won its first two gold medals in badminton -in the men’s and women’s singles category- at the Olympics of 1992 held in Barcelona, and since then this sport has not stopped adding successes and medals for the country.
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