Category: olympics
How Much Does it Cost to Host the Olympics?
This post is by Carmen Ang from Visual Capitalist The Briefing The cost of hosting the Olympics varies drastically, depending on a host city’s infrastructure and existing sports facilities The Sochi games in 2014 were the most expensive, costing nearly $60 billion Cities take on these astronomical costs in the hopes that these new developments…
Which Countries Award the Highest Olympic Medal Bonus?
This post is by Iman Ghosh from Visual Capitalist The Briefing The IOC doesn’t pay athletes anything, but some home countries award handsome medal bonuses for winners Singapore shells out SGD$1 million ($737K) for its gold medalists—nearly 20 times what the U.S. pays for the same achievement Which Countries Award the Highest Olympic Medal Bonus?…
Olympics 2021: Comparing Every Sports Ball
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This post is by Omri Wallach from Visual Capitalist The Briefing Table tennis has the smallest sports ball used in the Tokyo Olympics at just 4cm in diameter and 2.7g in weight. The biggest by size is the basketball at 24.35cm in diameter, but the shot is more than 10 times heavier at 7.26kg. Olympics…