Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Benefits of Winning a Gold for Belarus

From this morning's European Voice:

Athletes who get their hand on Olympic medals will get rewards, often financial ones, when they come back to their respective home countries. The Belarusian athletes who return back from Beijing with a gold medal around their necks can also expect a life-time supply of sausages, according to a Belarusian meat company. “We haven’t really figured out how we will solve it practically but I suppose that we have to send them a package of sausages once or twice a month, said the CEO of the company. He also added that they will listen to the gold medallists’ specific demands on sausage flavours. Belarus claimed two Olympic gold medals in the 2004 Olympics.

1 comment:

Jodasm said...

Interesting. All Renee had to do to win a lifetime supply of sausage was marry me. Hey oh!