If you are from Slovenia who wins an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, how much financial incentive will you receive from grateful authorities back home? Here’s the figure released by the Slovenian Olympic Committee:

Gold medalist: 39,350 euros (62,920 U.S. dollars)
Silver medalist: 30,400 euros (48,609 dollars)
Bronze medalist: 21,450 euros (34,298 dollars).

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Our condolences to the family and friends of Hungarian canoeist Gyorgy Kolonic, who passed away yesterday. His fans are making tribute videos to Gyorgy and I’m uploading one such video here.

Here’s a report from the AP of his untimely death.
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