The Malaysian badminton men's doubles pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik staged a big comeback by defeating the Danish pair Anders Skaarup Rasmussen & Kim Astrup 16-21, 22-20, 21-19 in the 2024 Paris Olympics badminton men's doubles bronze medal match!
It is worth mentioning that this is also the first medal won by our delegation in this Olympics! According to Guangming Daily and Siakap Keli, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik are expected to receive at least RM220,000 in rewards, including a RM100,000 bonus and a car worth RM120,000.
According to the National Sports Council of Malaysia's National Sports Awards Scheme (Skim Hadiah Kemenangan Sukan, SHAKAM), any sport that wins a medal at the Olympics can receive the following bonuses:
Gold Medalist: RM1,000,000
Silver Medalist: RM300,000
Bronze medalist: RM100,000
In addition, medalists receive lifetime monthly compensation under the Olympic Fixed Salary Plan, which includes:
Gold Medalist: RM5,000
Silver Medalist: RM3,000
Bronze medalist: RM2,000
Not only that, the car brand Chery announced that if an athlete successfully wins a medal in the Olympics, the following vehicles will be given to the winning athlete:
Gold Medal Winner: Tiggo 8 Pro SUV (worth RM159,800)
Silver Medal Winner: Omoda E5 (worth RM146,800)
Bronze winner: Tiggo 7 Pro (worth RM123,800)
In addition, the athletes' associations and states will also provide bonuses. This also means that the Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik combination, who won the bronze medal in the men's doubles badminton event, will receive at least RM223,800 in rewards!
If you work hard, you will be rewarded. You deserve it! Congratulations!
