Some people say the Olympics is the most expensive of all sports competitions in the world, and that's true. Every country that sends a sports team to the Olympics has to pay a high price, and the big countries are sparing no expense, aiming to have their own place among the top few in the gold medal list of the Olympics. So how much does it cost for a country to send a team to the Olympics? And how much do the big countries invest in the Olympic Games? Recently, the relevant media disclosed the shocking figures of this expense of some countries. Russia The Russian team is undoubtedly the most courageous sports team to go to the Beijing Olympic Games. According to media reports, during the Olympic Games, Russia's delegation will spend 40 million yuan on accommodation alone, and the total cost is estimated to be more than 100 million yuan. The Russian Olympic delegation stayed in this five-star hotel called Lafayette Castle Hotel, for the French Baroque style, located in Changping District and Chaoyang District junction. Because this hotel is located in the suburbs, away from the noise, a total area of three thousand acres, the degree of greenery in more than 80 percent, has a unique air quality. According to the Lafayette Castle Hotel staff revealed that the castle hotel not only has the Russian Olympic Committee staff, as well as Russian dignitaries, billionaires, show business stars and a large number of Russian journalists, the castle will be this group of Russian guests known as the VIP group. VIP group rented from August 7 to August 25, eighteen days of the cost of accommodation is four and a half million euros. The Russian Olympic Committee also specifically requested that the hotel should provide them with health care massages with Chinese medicine therapy. To this end, the hotel specially from the hospital hired a specialized masseur. In order to ensure smooth transportation, the delegation rented five buses, which are said to be quite luxurious inside, all of which use airplane seats, and the rent for each bus is 4,500 yuan per day. In order to provide authentic Russian meals, the Russian Olympic Committee will also send one hundred and fifty people to specialize in restaurant affairs, including cooks, waiters, managers, and performers during meals. The Russian delegation has set a very high standard of dining, ranging from fifty to one thousand euros per person per meal. In addition, the castle hotel built eighteen sheds for the Russian delegation, specializing in the sale of goods. Russians are very fond of shopping in China, cell phones, pearls, wood carvings, etc. are very popular among them. In addition to small commodities, inexpensive cars in the Chinese market are also very popular with rich Russians. They can ship their goods back to Russia through logistics companies, so the Russian VIP groups that come to stay here have considerable spending power. According to the preliminary statistics of this hotel, in addition to the accommodation fees, the Russian team spent a total of about five million euros on food and beverage, watching shows, communications, the use of the soccer field, tennis courts, swimming pools and other recreational and sports facilities, as well as the purchase of goods here ****. The United States In order to make athletes achieve good results in the Olympic Games, the rich and powerful U.S. Olympic delegation has always been not stingy with money, this time is no exception. They chose Beijing Normal University as the training center for the U.S. team, two-thirds of the athletes in the U.S. Olympic delegation, about four hundred and fifty people stayed here, including Phelps, Kobe and other star athletes. The overhead of doing so is of course huge. Just renting sports facilities and venues at Beisi University, a time limit of only six weeks, the U.S. Olympic Committee will have to pay half a million dollars in fees. In addition, most of the equipment needed by the U.S. Olympic delegation in Beijing, including training equipment, will be shipped directly from the U.S. mainland, and the total value of this equipment is at least one million yuan. Roche, director of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sports and Competition Department, said that Beisi University is only a 20-minute drive from the "Bird's Nest" and the "Water Cube". The United States to participate in the Olympic Games, including athletes, coaches, officials and support staff, including a large number of people, many of these people do not have Olympic documents, in the Olympic Village in and out of inconvenience, stationed in the North Normal University can avoid a lot of trouble. Secondly, NNU also has a Qiu Jiduan Gymnasium with an investment of more than 100 million dollars. Qiu Jiduan Gymnasium *** five floors, there are two large basketball center, as well as indoor tennis courts, gymnastics practice hall, indoor track and field and indoor swimming pool, the U.S. delegation will not be subject to training time. According to sources, the U.S. Olympic Committee to participate in the Athens Olympics spent about seven million dollars, the cost of the Beijing Olympics nearly nine million dollars, and will send a delegation of about 2,000 people, the number of people second only to the Chinese delegation. Germany The German media disclosed the number of expenses for the country's trip to the Olympics and exclaimed that it was the most expensive "Olympic program" expenses so far. The original has four hundred and sixty-three players of the German team, not only to come up with cash to ensure that the Olympic team to participate in the trip, but also with the team to carry 30,000 liters of "motherland specialties" beer to the Beijing Olympic Games. These beers will be during the Olympic Games as a "special treat" for German athletes, so that they can enjoy the original flavor of the country's specialty beer after the game. Ninety percent of the German Olympic team's equipment was flown to Beijing from Germany. With a weight of 500 tons, the German Olympic Sports Federation (GOSF) will have to pay for the transportation of the equipment. In addition, fourteen racehorses were flown from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and the first sailing boats were shipped to Qingdao, the venue for the sailing competition. The German Olympic Sports Federation expects to spend around five million euros on the gold medal strategy for the Games, 70 percent of which will be paid for by the federal government. Singapore In addition to the countries mentioned above, many countries are spending huge sums of money to prepare for this year's Olympics. Originally in the Olympic medal prize money, Europe and the United States and other sports powerhouse investment has always let other countries "can not afford", but the Beijing Olympics has an exception. Singapore opened the Olympic history of the highest official prize money of 500,000 euros. The "sky-high" gold medal bounty, but also shows the determination of Singapore to create history in the Beijing Olympic Games. The only medal in Singapore's history came from the 1960 Rome Olympics, a silver medal in weightlifting. In order to gold medal zero breakthrough, Singapore opened a huge prize, as long as the athletes get the gold medal, will be able to get five hundred thousand euros of reward, about five million yuan. At the same time, the silver medal will also get two hundred and fifty thousand euros in prize money, the bronze medal will get twelve point five million euros. Singapore's preparation for the Beijing Olympics alone will cost as much as seven and a half million Singaporean dollars, or about five million U.S. dollars. Poland In terms of Olympic investment, Poland is not to be outdone. According to Poland's "*** and the State Gazette" reported that Poland has been in preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games on the cost of two hundred and seventy-four million zlotys, about one hundred and thirty million U.S. dollars, almost the preparation for Sydney and Athens two Olympic Games of the sum of the funds. The Polish Olympic Committee will also set aside 6 million zlotys to reward Polish athletes who win medals at the Games. Czech Republic The Czech Republic is also spending a lot of money. According to a recent report in the Czech media, the Czech Olympic Committee will spend about 40 million crowns, or about 2 million dollars, for its athletes to compete in the Beijing Olympics. Czech athletes who win gold medals will receive one million crowns, silver medalists will receive half a million crowns, and bronze medalists will receive 300,000 crowns. Even African countries refuse to lag behind. According to relevant media reports, Kenyan President Kibaki had received all members of the Kenyan Olympic delegation at the Presidential Palace. He hoped that the Kenyan players would give their best in the Beijing Olympics and strive to win medals. Kenya's bounty on gold medals is also very substantial, with athletes who win gold medals receiving about 10,000 U.S. dollars in cash rewards from the government.

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