I haven’t been able to find the official site for the Japan Olympics team, but here’s what I have found which is packed full of info.
Japan Today has an Olympics section in English. Reporting news daily on what’s going on. It helps keep me updated on what’s going on.
Wikipedia has an updated page about Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
If you read Japanese, then maybe Sports Navi is the place to be. It has TV schedules, news, medal counts, etc.
The news at yahoo.com isn’t very Japan related, but the Japan medal count has pictures, if you click on a persons name.
This year I think Volleyball is one of my favorite sports. I saw part of Japan vs China game the other day and the spikes were intense, people were falling backwards after a hit, people were diving all over the place, it’s an amazing sport.
photo credit: xiaming
I’ve been watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics here in Japan. It’s interesting because I’m hooked on sports I didn’t watch in the past like ping pong, badminton, and judo along with my regular favorites. Of course everything is from the view of the Japanese team which is a lot of fun since I haven’t watched the Olympics in another country before.
I’ve always wondered how much Olympic athletes get paid, so I did some searching. The financial support varies from country to country, so I’ll be focusing on Team USA since that’s the team I’m most familiar with.
I read the PDF file from TeamUSA that has a lot of details about reimbursement and income. Here are the main money makers.
Gold Medal: $25,000
Silver Medal: $15,000
Bronze Medal: $10,000 Continue reading ‘How much money do Olympic athletes make?’
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