AFP – It’s not the winning but the taking part. All the same, winning at the Asian Games comes with some great fringe benefits for amateur athletes.
Several countries are offering bonuses for bringing home medals, with India doling out USD36,000 for a gold, 15 times the average annual salary. Some even will get a government job thrown in.
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was made a senior railway official after her gold in Jakarta in 2018.
Singapore gives gold medal winners USD146,000, although that is barely enough to buy a small flat in the wealthy city state.
Indonesia will actually build you a house for getting any sort of medal – as long as you provide the land.
