Paris Olympics July/August 2024

[Dannie Boy]

I think you’re being a bit harsh d-m, ok it’s about winning, but if I trained my socks off and came second by a whisker, I’d still be proud of my achievement albeit not being the best in the world, just second best!!

[404cameljockey]

I think you’re being a bit harsh d-m, ok it’s about winning, but if I trained my socks off and came second by a whisker, I’d still be proud of my achievement albeit not being the best in the world, just second best!!

[dtaai-maai]

I saw the ladies 4x100 relay final the other day, and someone remarked that the British girls had been unlucky. There was no luck involved, they simply messed up the baton exchanges, and that's why they didn't get a gold medal. They lost.

Damn you DM... Harsh but true though.

Harsh schmarsh, Pietro! This is the new, outraged, intolerant and dismissive D-M! You've heard of fat shaming? Well, I am starting a new humiliation campaign - bronze shaming!

[PeteC]

Closing ceremony in progress now.

[Big Boy]

So much for amateur. All Thai athletes have received a payment from the Gov't, and medalists will be paid for the next 20 years.

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1406753

[404cameljockey]

So much for amateur. All Thai athletes have received a payment from the Gov't, and medalists will be paid for the next 20 years.

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1406753

I read it. A one-off reward for winning doesn't make them professional athletes, and the monthly amount (if they don't decide to take the lumpsum upfront, which would be weird) is hardly a living wage! The same for non-winners, a prize of three thousand quid every four years isn't a lot.

Anyway, the Olympics these days is flooded with professional athletes, isn't it?

[Big Boy]

Additionally, the Thailand Olympic Committee will provide monthly stipends to the athletes for 20 years: 12,000 baht per month for gold medalists, 10,000 baht per month for silver medalists, and 8,000 baht per month for bronze medalists.

12,000฿/month for 20 years is 20 times more than most Thai pensioners receive each month.

Definition of stipend = a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.

[caller]

12,000฿/month for 20 years is 20 times more than most Thai pensioners receive each month.

Its more than many, if not most Thai workers earn in a month!