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IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by semid4lyfe(m): 9:09am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Return our silver, get your gold, IOC tells Nigeria On October 11, 2012 · In Sports 1:03 am By Ben Efe Nigerian men 4x400m team at the Sydney 2000 Olympics elevated to the position of gold by the International Olympic Committee has been given up to November 1, 2012 to return the silver medals in their possession before the process of awarding the gold medals could be commenced. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/return-our-silver-get-your-gold-ioc-tells-nigeria/ 3 Likes |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by semid4lyfe(m): 9:16am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Hmmm. . . .lets hope all the medals are still intact and some abracadabra hasn't happened 1 Like |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by solid3(m): 9:17am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Thats a nice development. But wld any cash be added to it? |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Basic(m): 9:20am On Oct 11, 2012 |
I hope some of the medals haven't been sold to these roadside silversmith mallams (for cooool cash). |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Nnamdig2(m): 9:20am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Do they still have d medals...why wud they even keep it we they need money? |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by nass07(m): 9:24am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Since year 2000!!!, gosh-i just hope those athletes still have their madals with them! 2 Likes |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by brotherlyn(m): 9:24am On Oct 11, 2012 |
A big relief and a welcome development. Any remuneration to the athletes for this? Just asking. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Kslib(m): 9:25am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Medals wey don use make silver spoon finish.. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by klas(m): 9:26am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Hope a committee will not be set up on October 31 2012 to decide whether to return the silver medal on November 1. 4 Likes |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by stuffs4me(m): 9:29am On Oct 11, 2012 |
This is a welcomed development. Better late than never, but it would have been fantastic it they had received their medals back then at the right time… What a life changing thing it would have been for the concerned athletes… Congrats Nigeria…. 1 Like |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Nobody: 9:30am On Oct 11, 2012 |
With immediate effect! Has this been done? |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by yuzedo: 9:33am On Oct 11, 2012 |
No way! Make them give them the Gold first, then Naija go confirm say na authentic 24k gold, after 2wks IOC fit come back collect their Silver. Cos we fit give them dat medal dem go talk say we don too fu(c)k up so make we fashi any medal. Say Naija too mess up for London 2012 so na -minus gold we win, say dem don minus am be dat. 3 Likes |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by ednut1(m): 9:41am On Oct 11, 2012 |
sunday bada don die na, doubt if him family never sell aam for ebay 1 Like |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Nobody: 9:42am On Oct 11, 2012 |
12years later . . . . |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by BlackBaron: 9:45am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Olympic gold medal is actually 92.5% silver, plated with at least 6 grams of gold rather than what you all think. So not worth its weight in gold really. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by papaejima1: 9:50am On Oct 11, 2012 |
yuzedo: No way! naughty boy!!... na true you talk sha. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by bigmitchmob: 9:50am On Oct 11, 2012 |
yuzedo: No way! . I don laugh tire. 1 Like |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by emyibe(m): 9:51am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Olympic silver medalist Sunday Bada, is dead.wish he was alive to receive his medal. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by iykak47: 10:00am On Oct 11, 2012 |
yuzedo: No way!Bros Olympic gold is not pure gold, you would be surprise to know how much it worths. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by emyibe(m): 10:08am On Oct 11, 2012 |
ABEG oh make una hold the silver wey u don get already. Nija fit say make una submit the silver medal to a committee that will be set up in October and of you know say them the committee go submit report late say around 15th December when dead line na 1st nov. that time loc don council the gold due to lateness and unseriousness and story go come enter for the silver again oh say committee don loss am to unknown member |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by ideylaff: 10:14am On Oct 11, 2012 |
yuzedo: No way! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19078502 OLYMPIC INCENTIVES •Singapore: Athletes are being offered SIN$1m ($800,000/£511,000) for a gold •Australia: AU$20,000 ($21,000/£13,500) for a gold, plus their face on a postage stamp •Russia: Athletes will receive $135,000 (£85,000) for a gold •UK: No money - but their face on a stamp and a Golden Post box in your Borough Source: Reuters The financial incentives for Central Asian Olympians By Feruza Rakhmonova BBC Uzbek Central Asian countries are unlikely to feature at the top of the Olympic medals table, but it won't be for lack of financial incentives. When Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo took Olympic gold in the women's 53kg weight lifting event on the second day of the games, she was only half joking when she mentioned the cash bonus that may be in store for her. The 19-year-old had just been congratulated by the country's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. "I won't tell you how much money he will give me," she said. "I am afraid I will be robbed." Joking aside, cash prizes for Central Asia's medal winning athletes are a serious matter. In fact, the bonus paid by Kazakh Olympic officials for a gold medal is no secret. It's $250,000 (£159,000) - 10 times the amount a US athlete would get if he or she captures top spot. Riches and recognition Such generosity reflects the importance attached by some former Soviet republics to achieving sporting glory under their own flags, some 20 years after their countries broke away from the crumbling USSR. Kazakhstan's wealth is helping in attempts to raise its international reputation Kazakhstan in particular craves international recognition. Its new capital Astana boasts a wealth of extravagant architecture, including the giant Pyramid of Peace, and the huge shopping and entertainment complex in the shape of a tent, both of which have been designed by British architects Foster and Partners. With plenty of oil, gas and precious metal reserves, the country can afford to bankroll its international PR efforts. But even poorer neighbours have made big promises to their Olympic athletes. Kyrgyzstan - with a GDP of significantly less than a 10th of its mighty neighbour - says it will reward a gold medal with $200,000 (£128,000). Then again, at Beijing none of its athletes achieved that feat. OLYMPIC INCENTIVES •Singapore: Athletes are being offered SIN$1m ($800,000/£511,000) for a gold •Australia: AU$20,000 ($21,000/£13,500) for a gold, plus their face on a postage stamp •Russia: Athletes will receive $135,000 (£85,000) for a gold •Kazakhstan - $250,000 (£160,000) •Kyrgyzstan - $200,000 (£130,000) •Uzbekistan - $150,000 (£95,000) •Russia - $135,000 (£90,000) •Tajikistan - $63,000 (£40,000) •US - $25,000 (£16,000) •UK: No money - but their face on a stamp Source: Reuters But Murat Saralinov, the head of the Kyrgyz National Olympic Committee, has said the bonus could make a difference. "Around three billion people watch the Olympic Games in London. So it's a big event," Saralinov said when the incentives were announced. "We would like to support our athletes and I believe it will give them a huge stimulus. We think to win two or three medals would be very good for us." Uzbekistan, also endowed with oil and gas reserves, will pay $150,000 (£96,000) for a gold medal, while Tajikistan, the region's poorest country, has been more modest with a $63,000 (£40,000) dollar gold bonus. Private encouragement But there's a big difference in what the prize money will get you in the different countries. In Kyrgyzstan, the gold medal bonus would get you a very comfortable, if not luxurious house. In metropolitan Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan, the cash would just about get you a modest flat. Whatever the actual value, most Central Asian countries outstrip the incentives offered by the former Soviet Union's lead nation Russia. And in some former republics, patriotic individuals have raised the stakes even higher. One leading businessmen in Armenia has offered to top up the Olympic federations cash offer by another $700,000 (£448,000). During Soviet times, incentives were both ideological as well as material. Successful athletes were awarded prestigious titles such as the 'Master of Sports' ranks, complete with badge. But they could also expect privileges such as better salaries or a flat. The Soviet sporting structure may have passed into history, but the incentive system has adapted to more capitalist times. More on Olympic medals Who, What, Why: Why are US athletes taxed on Olympic medal wins? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19101429 |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by Ganys: 10:26am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Now, Do they expect us to go & Wake Sunday Bada and Collect the Silver from his Grave |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by ideylaff: 10:31am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Ganys: Now, Do they expect us to go & Wake Sunday Bada and Collect the Silver from his Grave No they dont, all that needs to be done is for NOC Nija Olympic committee to cordinate things, the IOC does not deal with Athletes directly they deal with the respective Olympic Committees of Nations.LOL |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by slimming: 11:09am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Good |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by scopusng(m): 11:49am On Oct 11, 2012 |
Sunday Bada is dead.How would they get his medal? |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by ifeci: 12:13pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
hmmmm..November 1? make e no be like bakassi case wey b say one day to go; Adoke go com tell us say Nigeria no fit return am becos say dem fit seize both the returned and the returnee. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by mymadam(m): 12:36pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
klas: Hope a committee will not be set up on October 31 2012 to decide whether to return the silver medal on November 1. A trademark of the FGN. Meanwhile, may those that 'murdered sleep' in Bakassi never know peace. God bless Nigeria. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by mallorca(m): 12:47pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
klas: Hope a committee will not be set up on October 31 2012 to decide whether to return the silver medal on November 1.i don tire to laff |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by basty: 1:05pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
Is there any monetary value attached? . I was one of the athletes that participated in the event. NL's, please tell GEJ to appreciate us. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by dabossman(m): 1:05pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
: klas: Hope a committee will not be set up on October 31 2012 to decide whether to return the silver medal on November 1. A very possible scenario. |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by touchmehard: 1:20pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
*solid*:Una too like money. The love of money is the root of all evil. Haba! |
Re: IOC Asks Nigeria To Return Silver Medals & Collect Gold Medals by touchmehard: 1:21pm On Oct 11, 2012 |
basty: Is there any monetary value attached? . I was one of the athletes that participated in the event.Heeeey, Oga take am easy nah |
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