The United States Olympic Committee pays out medal bonuses of $25,000 for gold medal winners, $15 000 for silver medals and $10 000 for bronze. SASOC will give South African gold medal winners almost twice as much with each medal earning R400 000 ($47 700). South African silver and bronze medallists will earn R200 000 and R80 000 respectively.(http://yhoo.it/N5iuIk, http://bit.ly/Nd9HlZ)
This week's theme: Dollars and cents
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August 3, 2012
