阿聯酋重金獎勵奪奧運獎牌運動員

Athletes of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will receive cash rewards for winning medals at the 29th Olympic Games that will be held on August 8-24 in China's capital of Beijing, local newspaper Gulf News reported on Wednesday.

The decision to reward UAE medal winners at the Beijing Olympics was announced by Ibrahim Abdul Malik, the general secretary of the UAE National Olympic Committee (NOC) and general secretary of the General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare of the UAE.

The winner of a gold medal at Beijing Olympics will be rewarded one million dirhams (272,480 US dollars) for his/her effort, Malik said.

Anyone winning a silver medal will be paid 750,000 dirhams while the athlete who takes the third place will get 500,000 dirhams, he added.

Beijing Olympics is a historic games for the nations, Malik said, adding that "it's a historic participation due to the big delegation we are taking part with."

The UAE will send a team of eight athletes to Beijing Olympics, which is the largest delegation sent by the Gulf country to the Olympic Games.

Among the eight athletes, the most promising gold medal winner is Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum, who won the UAE's only Olympic gold medal at 2004 Athens Olympics in men's Double Trap.

據阿聯酋《海灣新聞報》本週三報道，阿聯酋將重金獎勵在本屆奧運會上奪得獎牌的運動員。第29屆夏季奧運會將於下月8日至24日在中國首都北京舉行。

阿聯酋奧委會主席兼青年與運動福利機構祕書長易卜拉欣•阿卜杜勒•瑪立剋日前宣佈了這個決定。

瑪立克說：“在北京奧運會上奪得金牌的阿聯酋運動員將獲得100萬迪拉姆（約合27.25萬美元）的獎金。”

他說，奪得銀牌和銅牌的運動員將分別給予75萬迪拉姆和50萬迪拉姆的現金獎勵。

瑪立克說，北京奧運會對於世界各國而言，是一次重大的體育盛會。“這次我們派出了一個很大的代表團，這將是一次歷史性的參與。”

地處海灣地區的阿聯酋將派出八名運動員參加本屆北京奧運會，這是阿聯酋歷史上派出的最大的奧運體育代表團。

在這八名運動員中，最有希望奪金的是邁哈邁德•馬克吐姆，他在2004年雅典奧運會的男子雙碟射擊項目中爲阿聯酋奪得了唯一一枚奧運金牌。