SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) president Barry Hendricks has committed to rewarding the Team SA Olympic medalists but has not revealed the figures.
Tatjana Schoenmaker won gold and silver medals in swimming while Bianca Buitendag won a silver medal in surfing.
Hendricks said Sascoc would engage the government to assist them to reward the medalists as it would not be possible to reward Schoenmaker and Buitendag given their tight financial budget. “If we give R500,000 to the Olympians we have to use the same measure for the Paralympians. Imagine if they get 30 medals, we would be in serious trouble because we do not have money reserved for that. We are looking into the possibility of rewarding our two Olympic medalists, and it is not true that we will not reward them. The amount will be much smaller than in 2016,” cautioned Hendricks.
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