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Originally posted by bad_girl
Its pretty sad, the country my parents are from which is a fairly new country has three medals, and Canada now has four - the same as thailand.
I actually read an article in the newspaper that indicated that Romania gives its gold medal winners and additional 50k, I believe the US gives its winner 25 (I could be wrong) and even Kenya gives its gold winners a flat screen tv washer and a dryer. Canadian gold medal winners receive nothing.
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They were having a debate on CBC newsworld today saying the athletes are underfunded...but one guy said rewarding athletes who do well just increases the incentive to cheat and use illegal substances