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July 29th, 2008 — Athletics, United Kingdom
Of course Olympic athletes know how to have fun. Just ask Goldie Sayers who’s posing here as a Playboy bunny. Goldie is Britain’s top javelin thrower and will compete in her second Olympics when the Beijing Games open.
Related:
Olympic Hottie of the Day: Juliana Felisberta Silva
Olympic Hottie: Yelena Isinbayeva
Olympic Hottie: Maria Sharapova
July 29th, 2008 — China, Gymnastics, Scandals and Controversies
Expect Americans to cry foul if their competitors, in this case Chinese gymnasts, turn out to be under-aged. Why are there age limits anyway? If British diver Tom Daley can compete at age 14 [with Western media cheering him on], why can’t the Chinese gymnasts — who may or may not be of the same age as Tom — compete in the Olympics as well?
I say, remove the silly age limits. If an athlete can compete with the rest of them despite their age, then let them compete.
July 29th, 2008 — Uncategorized
Brazil’s beach volleyball star Juliana Felisberta Silva.
Related:
Olympic Hottie: Yelena Isinbayeva
Olympic Hottie: Maria Sharapova
July 29th, 2008 — Kenya
July 29th, 2008 — Philippines
The US$220,000 that the Philippines is offering to an Olympic gold medalist is the second highest incentive I’ve come across so far. Thailand is offering the richest incentive at US$ 314,000 for an Olympic gold. More at How Much Money Do Olympians Make.
Philippines offer US$220,000 for gold medal
The Philippine government and the private sector are offering 9.5mil pesos (US$220,000) to any athlete who brings home the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal, an official said yesterday.
July 29th, 2008 — Triathlon
Here’s the list of triathletes expected to compete in Beijing. Note that they’re listed here according to their start number as determined in a random draw by the International Triathlon Union.
The Olympian to watch in this event would be Austria’s Kate Allen [above] who will try to defend her Olympic title at the ripe old age of 38. Some of you, of course, know that this blog has a soft spot for older athletes [that's why we have the Dara Mama Club], so we will be cheering for Kate. Go, Kate!
July 29th, 2008 — Sailing
Here’s the provisional list of Olympians expected to participate in the sailing events to be held in Qingdao. Among those to watch in the list: two-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie of the United Kingdom [above]; he is favored to win another gold. Photo via sailing.org
Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
28 entries confirmed, 28 athletes
Argentina – Cecilia CARRANZA
Australia – Sarah BLANCK
Belarus – Tatiana DROZDOVSKAYA
Belgium – Evi VAN ACKER
Canada – Lisa ROSS
Croatia – Mateja PETRONIJEVIC
Finland – Tuula TENKANEN
France – Sarah STEYAERT
Germany – Petra NIEMANN
Great Britain – Penny CLARK
Greece – Eftychia MANTZARAKI
Ireland – Ciara PEELO
Israel – Nufar EDELMAN
Italy – Larissa NEVIEROV
Lithuania – Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE
Mexico – Tania ELIAS CALLES
New Zealand – Jo ALEH
Norway – Cathrine GJERPEN
Paraguay – Florencia CERUTTI
Peru – Paloma SCHMIDT
Poland – Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA
PR China – Xu LIJIA
Russia – Anastasia CHERNOVA
Singapore – Man Yi LO
Spain – Susana ROMERO
Sweden – Karin SODERSTROM
Switzerland – Nathalie BRUGGER
USA – Anna TUNNICLIFFE
July 29th, 2008 — Uncategorized
How much money do Olympians make? It depends on a lot of variables: whether they come from rich countries or poor ones, whether they won medals during the Games, whether they compete in the popular sports events, and many other factors.
Anyways, I’ve been blogging about this question for sometime now and I think it’s a good idea to put together the separate posts I’ve made into a single one. This way, those of you who are googling “How much money do Olympians make” will see the bigger picture without needing to go through all the previous entries.
