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  2. Incentives for Olympic medalists by country - Wikipedia

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    Austria. $21,986. $15,390. 2021: As a reward for their achievements, the gold medal winners receive Philharmonic coins worth €17,000. Silver medalists received €13,000, bronze medalists received €11,000 each. 2024: As a reward for their achievements, the gold medal winners receive Philharmonic coins worth €20,000.

  3. Cost of the Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    The current highest cost of hosting the Olympic Games was the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, costing approximately US$11.1 billion. In order to meet the requirements set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), [4] the Rio de Janeiro council had to invest heavily in building the necessary facilities/venues, and an entirely new subway line.

  4. Salaries of members of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    US Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]

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    Discount pricing starts at $24.99 a month at Spectrum. Verizon. Discount pricing starts at $20 a month at Verizon. AT&T. Discount pricing starts at $30 a month at AT&T. See 2 more. Yet finding an ...

  6. Noah Lyles warms up for Olympics by setting PB of 9.81 ...

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    Lyles' previous best was the 9.83 he clocked at last year's world championships in Budapest — where he won the 100, 200 and the 4x100 relay — and then matched in the U.S. Olympic trials last ...

  7. US Open player compensation rises to a record $75 million ...

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    The women's and men's singles champions will each receive $3.6 million, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Wednesday. The total compensation, which includes money to cover players' expenses ...

  8. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Acts of Union 1707 declared that the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland were "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain". [p] [38] The term "United Kingdom" has occasionally been used as a description for the former Kingdom of Great Britain, although its official name from 1707 to 1800 was simply "Great Britain". [39]

  9. International Olympic Committee - Wikipedia

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    The IOC is the supreme authority of the worldwide modern Olympic Movement. The IOC organises the modern Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games (YOG), held in summer and winter every four years. The first Summer Olympics was held in Athens, Greece, in 1896; the first Winter Olympics was in Chamonix, France, in 1924.