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China: The Cost of a Gold Medal

Friday, August 29th, 2008 @ 03:13 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China
Topics:: Sport
Languages:: Chinese
Special:: Olympics

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million).

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