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A undated photo shows Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum.
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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.
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據(jù)阿聯(lián)酋《海灣新聞報(bào)》本周三報(bào)道，阿聯(lián)酋將重金獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)在本屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)上奪得獎(jiǎng)牌的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。第29屆夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)將于下月8日至24日在中國首都北京舉行。
阿聯(lián)酋奧委會(huì)主席兼青年與運(yùn)動(dòng)福利機(jī)構(gòu)秘書長(zhǎng)易卜拉欣?阿卜杜勒?瑪立克日前宣布了這個(gè)決定。
瑪立克說：“在北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)上奪得金牌的阿聯(lián)酋運(yùn)動(dòng)員將獲得100萬迪拉姆（約合27.25萬美元）的獎(jiǎng)金。”
他說，奪得銀牌和銅牌的運(yùn)動(dòng)員將分別給予75萬迪拉姆和50萬迪拉姆的現(xiàn)金獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。
瑪立克說，北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)對(duì)于世界各國而言，是一次重大的體育盛會(huì)。“這次我們派出了一個(gè)很大的代表團(tuán)，這將是一次歷史性的參與。”
地處海灣地區(qū)的阿聯(lián)酋將派出八名運(yùn)動(dòng)員參加本屆北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)，這是阿聯(lián)酋歷史上派出的最大的奧運(yùn)體育代表團(tuán)。
在這八名運(yùn)動(dòng)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(yùn)會(huì)的男子雙碟射擊項(xiàng)目中為阿聯(lián)酋奪得了唯一一枚奧運(yùn)金牌。
（實(shí)習(xí)生屈上 英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯） |
