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3 Italian Olympic gold medalists are getting over $200,000 each for winning in Beijing, the most generous prize of any Winter Olympic nation

In total, Italy is set to pay out $2.7 million in prize money to its Beijing athletes, which is mor…

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How much money Olympic athletes earn when they win medals

Here's how much Olympians across the world earn when they win a gold, silver, or bronze medal.

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Why psychologists say it's better to win a bronze medal than silver

Why? Psychologists attribute the phenomenon to a concept called counterfactual thinking -…

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Russia Gives 15-Year-Old Figure Skating Prodigy A Mercedes And A Personal Driver After The Olympics

At a ceremony in Moscow on Wednesday, the medalists got their new wheels - which came on top of cas…

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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu convinced the other medalists to join him on the podium in a great moment of solidarity

After two dominant performances in the short and long programs, Hanyu then embraced the Olympic spi…

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Here's how much winning a gold medal is worth

Another income source available to some Olympians is endorsement deals. But athletes - even those a…

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How to raise an Olympian, according to the parents of gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin

And they introduced Shiffrin and her older brother Taylor to the sport at the early age. "They had …

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One Photo Perfectly Captures The Many Emotions Athletes Feel When They Win A Medal

While everyone aims for gold, winning any medal at the Olympics is an incredible feeling. But joy i…

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Athletes and fans are jokily sharing what they were doing at 13 after a teenage phenom became one of the youngest Olympic medalists ever

"When I was 13 I was in my room all day playing RuneScape," tweeted Team GB swimmer and three-time …

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Obama Isn't Sending Top Officials To Russia For The Olympics - But He Is Sending Lesbians

For comparison, in 2010, Vice President Joe Biden led the delegation to the opening ceremonies of t…

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Russian athletes celebrated Putin by attending his Victory Day parade, sporting the pro-war 'Z' symbol, and posting supportive messages on social media

Olympic gold medallists Nikita Nagornyy and Angelina Melnikova were among those present at Monday's…

Barnaby Lane   


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Mirabai Chanu to lead India's contingent at World Weightlifting Championships

This will be Chanu's second competition this year. The 28-year-old lifter from Manipur had undergon…

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BYJU's Early Learn App, Disney onboards Olympic medalists Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu as its brand ambassadors

Launched in 2019, Disney.BYJU’S Early Learn app is a special offering from BYJU'S in collaboration …

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Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson talked about the 'uncertainty' of being pregnant in a pandemic days before testing positive for the coronavirus

Pregnant Shawn Johnson told Insider about learning to "roll with the punches" less than a week befo…

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Nordic Combined Gold Medalist Jumps For Joy In The Best Podium Celebration Of The Olympics

There were the skiers who hopped onto the same stage after sharing a gold medal in the women's down…

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MAP: The States With The Most Olympic Gold Medals

Again, we only counted individual Olympic gold medals. So team sports like basketball don't count, …

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12-year-old skateboarding prodigy Kokona Hiraki just became the youngest Olympic medalist in 85 years

Japanese skateboarders dominated the Olympic Games park final with a brilliant gold-silver finish i…

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The best competitive swimmer on the planet spent 3 months training in a backyard pool while training for the Olympics

"A very kind family in the Bay Area here allowed us to go to their backyard every day and swim," Ka…

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