From luxury homes to a lifetime supply of sausage, these are the most crazy gifts ever given to Olympic medalists
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Sophia AnkelAug 8, 2021, 13:52 IST
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Some Olympic winners receive more than just a medal.
Indonesia is giving the badminton women's double's team a cash prize and free meatballs for life. One of the athletes is also receiving five cows and a house from the district head of her hometown.
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Other medalists from Hong Kong have also won free train rides around the city for life, public transport officials said.
In 2008, a local sponsor offered Belarusian Olympic gold medal winners free sausage for life.
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At the Rio Olympics in 2016, German medalists got a lifetime supply of beer from the government.
In the same year, the Russian government gifted luxury cars, apartments, and even a racehorse to each Olympic medalist.
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The South Korean government has said that anyone who wins a medal for the country at the Olympics can forego their mandatory military service.
All Malaysian gold medalists receive roughly $1,200 in monthly salaries for life.
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Hong Kong's Olympic fencing champion, Edgar Cheung Ka-long, will receive free furniture and home decor for his future home, a furniture retailer announced last week.
Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who made history with the country's first gold at the Tokyo Olympics, will be receiving a luxury apartment, a holiday home, a new van, free petrol, and free commercial flights for life.