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  1. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    Great performances. I think the stats that matter are around infrastructure and funding for sports at grassroots and elite level. I know Australia spends a lot because the Brits copied your approach in the late 90s. I’d like to see a breakdown of how much each medal costs via central funding by country, but only a few are transparent enough to allow the comparison, the Aussies and Brits amongst them. Who knows what the Chinese spend or the ‘Russian Olympic Committee’, whatever that is.

    I didn’t realise that an Aussie medal winner gets a cash prize from your Olympic Committee, as do the Yanks.
     
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    I didn’t either.
     
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    $20k gold, $15k silver, $10k Bronze. Not sure why, I really doubt that any of the athletes are motivated by that.
     
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    Agree it was good to see ‘The people’s genetically modified party’ lose out to the US. I’m sure if there was a rat eating or virus spreading competition they would have got more.
    And also agree it was great to see smaller counties do so well. I thought it was a pretty good olympics.
     
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    Loved it all. So sad at missing it.
    Tokyo and an away Olympics were both on my bucket list.

    Will probably not be able to do former...but fingers crossed for the latter...
     
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    So what was your favourite medal.

    The Welsh boxer Price today brought up by her grandparents since age of 3...

    The sharing of the high jump medal between Quatri and Italian jumpers.


    What about anyone else
     
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    Beth Shriever for the BMX win, after a double leg break and self funded. Quite liked Jason Kenny’s win today, which seemed to surprise him as much as anyone else, and a few nights ago I loved it when the American Molly Seibel got a bronze in the marathon.

    But the mixed relays of all sorts were great viewing, especially of course the triathlon.
     
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    Beth Shriever is related to a friend of mine and all the family were over the moon. Fair play to her.
     
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    The mixed triathlon relay was superb.
     
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    Jason Kenny in today's Keirin, to win off the front the way he did was sensational and our record gold medal winner as well. Also a mention for Emily Campbell in the weightlifting, her celebration on her final lift was brilliant to see...
     
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    Rank Country Medals Population Population
    per Medal
    1 San Marino 3 33,931 11,310
    2 Bermuda 1 63,918 63,918
    3 Grenada 1 112,523 112,523
    4 Bahamas 2 393,244 196,622
    5 New Zealand 20 4,822,233 241,111
    6 Jamaica 9 2,961,167 329,018
    7 Slovenia 5 2,078,938 415,787
    8 Fiji 2 896,445 448,222
    9 Netherlands 36 17,134,872 475,968
    10 Hungary 20 9,660,351 483,017
    11 Georgia 8 3,989,167 498,645
    12 Croatia 8 4,105,267 513,158
    13 Denmark 11 5,792,202 526,563
    14 Australia 46 25,499,884 554,345
    15 Estonia 2 1,326,535 663,267
    16 Switzerland 13 8,654,622 665,740
    17 Norway 8 5,421,241 677,655
    18 Armenia 4 2,963,243 740,810
    19 Cuba 15 11,326,616 755,107
    20 Mongolia 4 3,278,290 819,572
    21 Kosovo 2 1,859,203 929,601
    22 Latvia 2 1,886,198 943,099
    23 Czech Republic 11 10,551,219 959,201
    24 Qatar 3 2,881,053 960,351
    25 Serbia 9 8,737,371 970,819
    26 Great Britain 65 65,138,232 1,002,126
    27 Sweden 9 10,099,265 1,122,140
    28 Bulgaria 6 6,948,445 1,158,074
    29 Ireland 4 4,937,786 1,234,446
    30 Hong Kong 6 7,496,981 1,249,496
    31 Austria 7 9,006,398 1,286,628
    32 Belarus 7 9,449,323 1,349,903
    33 Slovakia 4 5,459,642 1,364,910
    34 Azerbaijan 7 10,139,177 1,448,453
    35 Italy 40 60,461,826 1,511,545
    36 Canada 24 37,742,154 1,572,589
    37 Belgium 7 11,589,623 1,655,660
    38 Bahrain 1 1,701,575 1,701,575
    39 Taiwan 12 23,510,000 1,959,166
    40 France 33 65,273,511 1,977,985
    41 Russian Federation 71 144,096,812 2,029,532
    42 Macedonia 1 2,078,453 2,078,453
    43 Israel 4 8,655,535 2,163,883
    44 Dominican Republic 5 10,847,910 2,169,582
    45 Kyrgyzstan 3 6,524,195 2,174,731
    46 Japan 58 126,476,461 2,180,628
    47 Germany 37 83,783,942 2,264,430
    48 Ukraine 19 43,733,762 2,301,776
    49 Kazakhstan 8 18,776,707 2,347,088
    50 Botswana 1 2,351,627 2,351,627
    51 Namibia 1 2,540,905 2,540,905
    52 Portugal 4 10,196,709 2,549,177
    53 South Korea 20 51,269,185 2,563,459
    54 Greece 4 10,423,054 2,605,763
    55 Poland 14 37,846,611 2,703,329
    56 Lithuania 1 2,722,289 2,722,289
    57 Spain 17 46,754,778 2,750,281
    58 Finland 2 5,540,720 2,770,360
    59 United States 113 331,002,651 2,929,227
    60 Puerto Rico 1 3,474,182 3,474,182
    61 Moldova 1 4,033,963 4,033,963
    62 Kuwait 1 4,270,571 4,270,571
    63 Romania 4 19,237,691 4,809,422
    64 Jordan 2 10,203,134 5,101,567
    65 Kenya 10 53,771,296 5,377,129
    66 Ecuador 3 17,643,054 5,881,018
    67 Tunisia 2 11,818,619 5,909,309
    68 Turkmenistan 1 6,031,200 6,031,200
    69 Turkey 13 84,339,067 6,487,620
    70 Uzbekistan 5 33,469,203 6,693,840
    71 Venezuela 4 31,108,083 7,777,020
    72 Brazil 21 212,559,417 10,121,877
    73 Colombia 5 50,882,891 10,176,578
    74 Uganda 4 45,741,007 11,435,251
    75 Iran 7 83,992,949 11,998,992
    76 Argentina 3 45,195,774 15,065,258
    77 Malaysia 2 32,365,999 16,182,999
    78 China 88 1,439,323,776 16,355,952
    79 Egypt 6 102,334,404 17,055,734
    80 Syria 1 18,502,413 18,502,413
    81 South Africa 3 59,308,690 19,769,563
    82 Burkina Faso 1 20,903,273 20,903,273
    83 Côte d'Ivoire 1 26,378,274 26,378,274
    84 Philippines 4 109,581,078 27,395,269
    85 Ethiopia 4 114,963,588 28,740,897
    86 Ghana 1 31,072,940 31,072,940
    87 Mexico 4 128,932,753 32,233,188
    88 Saudi Arabia 1 34,813,871 34,813,871
    89 Thailand 2 69,799,978 34,899,989
    90 Morocco 1 36,910,560 36,910,560
    91 Indonesia 5 273,523,615 54,704,723
    92 Nigeria 2 206,139,589 103,069,794
    93 India 7 1,380,004,385 197,143,483
     
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    San Marino were certainly deserved winners.
     
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    australia did slightly better on the gold medal table diddles

    Rank Country Gold Medals Population Population
    per Gold Medal
    1 Bermuda 1 63,918 63,918
    2 Bahamas 2 393,244 196,622
    3 New Zealand 7 4,822,233 688,890
    4 Slovenia 3 2,078,938 692,979
    5 Jamaica 4 2,961,167 740,291
    6 Fiji 1 896,445 896,445
    7 Kosovo 2 1,859,203 929,601
    8 Estonia 1 1,326,535 1,326,535
    9 Norway 4 5,421,241 1,355,310
    10 Croatia 3 4,105,267 1,368,422
    11 Qatar 2 2,881,053 1,440,526
    12 Australia 17 25,499,884 1,499,993
    13 Hungary 6 9,660,351 1,610,058
    14 Cuba 7 11,326,616 1,618,088
    15 Netherlands 10 17,134,872 1,713,487
    16 Latvia 1 1,886,198 1,886,198
    17 Denmark 3 5,792,202 1,930,734
    18 Georgia 2 3,989,167 1,994,583
    19 Bulgaria 3 6,948,445 2,316,148
    20 Ireland 2 4,937,786 2,468,893
    21 Czech Republic 4 10,551,219 2,637,804
    22 Switzerland 3 8,654,622 2,884,874
    23 Serbia 3 8,737,371 2,912,457
    24 Great Britain 22 65,138,232 2,960,828
    25 Sweden 3 10,099,265 3,366,421
    26 Puerto Rico 1 3,474,182 3,474,182
    27 Belgium 3 11,589,623 3,863,207
    28 Israel 2 8,655,535 4,327,767
    29 Japan 27 126,476,461 4,684,313
    30 Greece 2 10,423,054 5,211,527
    31 Canada 7 37,742,154 5,391,736
    32 Slovakia 1 5,459,642 5,459,642
    33 Italy 10 60,461,826 6,046,182
    34 France 10 65,273,511 6,527,351
    35 Russian Federation 20 144,096,812 7,204,840
    36 Hong Kong 1 7,496,981 7,496,981
    37 Germany 10 83,783,942 8,378,394
    38 United States 39 331,002,651 8,487,247
    39 South Korea 6 51,269,185 8,544,864
    40 Ecuador 2 17,643,054 8,821,527
    41 Austria 1 9,006,398 9,006,398
    42 Belarus 1 9,449,323 9,449,323
    43 Poland 4 37,846,611 9,461,652
    44 Portugal 1 10,196,709 10,196,709
    45 Uzbekistan 3 33,469,203 11,156,401
    46 Taiwan 2 23,510,000 11,755,000
    47 Tunisia 1 11,818,619 11,818,619
    48 Kenya 4 53,771,296 13,442,824
    49 Spain 3 46,754,778 15,584,926
    50 Romania 1 19,237,691 19,237,691
    51 Uganda 2 45,741,007 22,870,503
    52 Iran 3 83,992,949 27,997,649
    53 Brazil 7 212,559,417 30,365,631
    54 Venezuela 1 31,108,083 31,108,083
    55 Morocco 1 36,910,560 36,910,560
    56 China 38 1,439,323,776 37,876,941
    57 Turkey 2 84,339,067 42,169,533
    58 Ukraine 1 43,733,762 43,733,762
    59 South Africa 1 59,308,690 59,308,690
    60 Thailand 1 69,799,978 69,799,978
    61 Egypt 1 102,334,404 102,334,404
    62 Philippines 1 109,581,078 109,581,078
    63 Ethiopia 1 114,963,588 114,963,588
    64 Indonesia 1 273,523,615 273,523,615
    65 India 1 1,380,004,385 1,380,004,385
     
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    Warholm, Gold 400m hurdles, World Record by over 7/10 second, 1st person ever under 46 seconds.
     
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    Springy track and springy running shoes, a hurdler's dream...
     
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    Love the fact that China came 56th.
     
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    And I loved the fact that San Marina with a total population of under 34000 won it's first 3 medals ever - too bad one of them couldn't have been gold but maybe next time out.

    I like an underdog but you lot probably already know that (#36 Canada at the Olympics, QPR etc)
     
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    Tokyo Olympics: New Zealand medal winners receive more than USA, Australia
    Mark Geenty05:00, Aug 10 2021

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    Lisa Carrington and Caitlin Regal each receive a $60,000 performance enhancement grant from High Performance Sport NZ for their canoeing gold medals in Tokyo.
    New Zealand’s gold medallists at the Tokyo Olympics - Black Ferns Sevens excepted - will receive a $60,000 reward, almost three times their Australian counterparts and more than powerhouses the USA.

    High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) general manager performance partnerships, Eddie Kohlhase, confirmed the government funding agency’s figures, as the team return from their most successful Olympics medal haul of 20, including seven gold in Tokyo.

    Australia, meanwhile, offers just A$20,000 (NZ$20,100) per gold medal, The Australian reported, for an Olympic team who equalled their record of 17 golds, and won 46 medals in all.




    HPSNZ offer what’s known as performance enhancement grants (PEGs) for individuals who finish in the top-12, ranging from $60,000 (gold) down to $30,000 (ninth to 12th), while members of Olympic teams finishing in the top-eight receive a minimum of $25,000.


    PEGs are paid based on a commitment from athletes to continue campaigning, and is effectively a salary to support their buildup to their next major event. The $60,000 figure for gold is the same as in recent Games.

    READ MORE:
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    Kohlhase said the exceptions were both rugby sevens teams (the women won gold and the men silver) who don’t receive PEGs as per a 2013 agreement with NZ Rugby which contracts both squads.

    Multiple medallists like canoe sprint star Lisa Carrington, who won three golds, receive the one PEG, which means she and fellow K2 500m champion Caitlin Regal each receive $60,000 under the HPSNZ system, as do rowing pair Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast who won gold then backed up for silver in the women’s eight.

    So too, all members of the surprise champion men’s eight who receive $60,000 apiece.

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    Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt was one of New Zealand’s seven bronze medallists who each receive a PEG of $55,000 to support them for the next Olympic cycle.
    New Zealand individuals, duos or rowing eights who collected silver and bronze were well rewarded too, with $55,000 each in PEGs going to the likes of surprise packages Ellesse Andrews (cycling silver), Hayden Wilde (triathlon bronze) and Dylan Schmidt (trampolining bronze).

    Australia’s athletes receive $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze, The Australian reported, while athletes from medal table-toppers the USA are paid about $53,000 (gold), $32,000 (silver) and $21,500 (bronze), CNBC reported.

    CNBC reported Australia as the lowest-paid medallists of nations it surveyed. Singapore, which sent 23 athletes to Tokyo, promised $1 million per gold, while Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz was reportedly paid $850,000 by the Philippines Sports Commission after winning her country’s first gold, along with two new homes and free flights for life.

    Kazakhstan ($355,000), Malaysia ($336,000) and Italy ($300,000) were among the most generous nations for each gold, according to CNBC.

    Kohlhase said due to the uncertainty of Covid-19 and whether Tokyo would go ahead, and a lack of international competition, HPSNZ set a medal target range of 13-19. “The medal count is a credit to the athletes and coaches and support staff. All Kiwis can take pride in that result, it was fantastic, particularly in a unique and unprecedented time of Covid,” he said.

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    The New Zealand men’s eight each get $60,000 for their stunning gold medal row at Sea Forest Waterway.
    He said around $56 million annually was spent by HPSNZ, including $36 million in core investment (rowing was the most-funded tier one sport with $5.1 million), and $6 million in PEGs.

    Now, the debrief begins with sporting bodies ahead of the next funding round leading up to Paris 2024 which will be announced in January.

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    Some sports will be nervous, like yachting ($3.8m per year, one medal compared with four in Rio 2016), equestrian ($1.8m, no medals for a second straight Olympics) and hockey (eighth to the flagship women’s team after successive fourth placings, and ninth to the men). From those placings, the hockey women receive $25,000 each in PEGs while the men miss out for being outside the top-eight.

    Kohlhase confirmed the Black Sticks women, who received $1.45m annually in core investment post-Rio - double what the men’s team received - already took a funding cut last year and dropped from tier three to ‘aspirational’, alongside triathlon, swimming and canoe slalom.


    Along with the tier one sports rowing, cycling, yachting, athletics and canoe sprint, the ‘aspirational’ codes would have to put their case for core funding which will now be dished out in four-year blocks (or three leading up to Paris, after the one-year Tokyo delay).

    “We’ve got a lot of 4-8s and 4-12s, what do we need to do in the next cycle as a system to get them on the podium? What do they need in terms of support and capability,” Kohlhase said.

    Of the yachties, who had defending champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke win 49er silver in a tense finish and Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox (fourth in 470) and Josh Junior (fifth in Finn) in medal contention till the final leg, Kohlhase said: “Covid presented some significant challenges all round, and I’m sure yachting will be very disappointed, but by the same token understand they won one medal and there were a few who were thereabouts. How do we shift the dial and what support do they need?”
     
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    Quote Kiwi ....... CNBC reported Australia as the lowest-paid medallists of nations it surveyed.
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    Yep, if the Labor was in government, they would've paid em triple and continue to blow the budget all round.
    Keep in mind, 99.9% of sports persons are sponsored by companies and can survive without the government paying their way.

    Well done to all that participated and excelled at their chosen profession.
     
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    Did khazakstan73 even win a medal
     
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