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Wealthy beneficiaries stepping in
Some of Australia’s most accomplished swimmers also have the benefit of private sponsorship. Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person and the executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting, is behind a quarterly grant of up to $8000 for Olympic hopefuls.
The financial support “allows them to focus on their training and performance and not be distracted by financial pressures that most athletes face”, Swimming Australia states. The same program also provides an incentive pool of $170,000 for medallists and top-eight finishers.
Australia’s top rowers have also benefited from Ms Rinehart’s sponsorship. The Australian reports the mining magnate has underwritten a $525-a-week wage for the nation’s top 50 rowers in both the men’s and women’s competitions. That support has been “profound” and “game changing”, Rowing Australia’s chief executive, Ian Robson, told the paper.
Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that Australia’s two most successful sports at Tokyo are swimming and rowing. |
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