Irina Slutskaya on payment of 61 thousand dollars for Olympic gold: we must say thank you 
Two-time world champion and 2002 Olympic silver medalist Irina Slutskaya shared her opinion on state payments to athletes for successful performance at the Games. The former figure skater told about this to the Match TV channel.
Slutskaya reacted positively to the fact that athletes receive 61 thousand dollars .ru “) for the Olympic gold. “Is this an adequate price? We must say thank you that there is such a sum, somewhere they pay a thousand dollars, “the figure skater reasoned.
Earlier, the head coach of the Russian freestyle wrestling team Dzambolat Tedeev criticized payments to the Olympic champions in Tokyo. He drew attention to the fact that in Georgia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, athletes who won the Games are paid much more.
Athletes who won gold at the 2020 Olympics were paid four million rubles, silver medalists – 2.5 million rubles, bronze – 1.7 million rubles. In addition, they received BMW cars of different series.