Originally posted by kevcvs57I was looking through the stats and I just saw that the UK was among the few nations that does not reward their gold medal winners.
GO TAT, GO TAT,GO TAT, GO TAT.
The javelin thrower from here won gold and his package was about $800,000 US. Plus they named a Caribbean Airlines plane after him. Named a landmark in his village after him. Promised to build a housing scheme for his villagers. Gave a national holiday where they partied all day and drove him home in a motorcade.
A really big fuss .. but thats small island life. I guess Jamaica and Grenada would have done similar things.
The guy is a poor 19 yr old from a poor fishing village. He grew up throwing bamboo rods on the beach. Good for him .. great underdog success story .. broke several records at the Olympics.
Originally posted by Rajk999That's nothing our gold medalist's got a postbox in their home town painted gold with gold'y coloured paint in their honour, seriously, how cheap are we. 😞
I was looking through the stats and I just saw that the UK was among the few nations that does not reward their gold medal winners.
The javelin thrower from here won gold and his package was about $800,000 US. Plus they named a Caribbean Airlines plane after him. Named a landmark in his village after him. Promised to build a housing scheme for his village ...[text shortened]... he beach. Good for him .. great underdog success story .. broke several records at the Olympics.
Originally posted by kevcvs57Not cheap .. just different. Small islands have to grab any fame they can, plus we have nothing better to do that make a big issue of small things.
That's nothing our gold medalist's got a postbox in their home town painted gold with gold'y coloured paint in their honour, seriously, how cheap are we. 😞