PRAGUE – The government promised a reward of 2.4 million Czech crowns for the gold medal from the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in individual sports, 1.8 million crowns for silver and 1.2 million crowns for bronze.
In the case of team sports, the rewards will be recalculated according to the coefficients. After Monday’s government meeting, Czech Minister of Sports Boris Šťastný (Motorists) said this at a press conference. The same award should also go to the winning Paralympians.
If a representative wins more medals at the Olympic Games, each medal will be awarded separately without reduction. The Paralympian will receive a full financial reward for his most valuable medal. For each additional medal, the reward will be reduced by 50 percent.
Czech medalists from the upcoming Winter Olympics will receive the same rewards as for achievements at the Summer Olympics in Paris 2024 or Tokyo 2021. The same sums were collected by medalists from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The Czech team at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo will have 114 athletes. It is a higher number than participated in the record-breaking Winter Games in Beijing in 2022. There were 116 Olympians in the nomination, but some did not participate in the competition due to injury and the coronavirus.
For the second time in a row, there are more than a hundred athletes in the Czech team for the Winter Olympics. This is mainly helped by the participation of both hockey teams, which together make up 48 players. The expedition is thus slightly larger than at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, where there were 111 Czech athletes.
Czech colors will be represented by four Olympic medalists – speed skater Martina Sáblíková, skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecká, snowboarder Eva Adamczyková and biathlete Michal Krčmář.
- Author: © List/
- Source: CTK
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