Olympic Gold Medal.

[Sandta]

I Find that amount of cash paid to indonesian athletes A BIG SLAP IN THE FACE
If they can afford to give that much away , surely they dont need our aid money
http://dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/de...ages/development-assistance-in-indonesia.aspx
That makes me filthy !
I hope they dont get any gold medals

 

[Nightjar]

The Olympic competition allowed professional competitors for the first time in 1986.

In the most famous example of the inflexibility of the Olympic organizers, Jim Thorpe, perhaps America's finest athlete of all time, had his gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics stripped, and his achievements nullified, because he had once accepted small amounts of money for playing semi-pro baseball during his college summers. It broke his heart. The medals were reinstated in 1983 -- 30 years after his death.

Some interesting reading here;
http://treasure-explorer.nla.gov.au...#fanny-duracks-1912-olympic-gold-medal-side-1