of singapore gold medal = S$1.5 million

Rare medal. That's what media calls Singapore's second medal.


[original photo via Straits Times]

Feng Tianwei, who, like the rest of the Singapore team, is an import from China, won both her singles matches to help them clinch a tense 3-2 victory.


Feng Tianwei [photo via BBC]

Under The Multi-Million Dollar Awards Programme MAP (which is a incentive scheme to reward medal-winning athletes), a Gold medal in team event like table tennis guarantees the sportswomen S$1.5 million. A Silver medal is S$750,000.

Click here (.pdf) for the monetary award table for the various events.