Philippines gymnast Carlos Yulo made historical past because the nation’s first-ever male Olympic gold medalist when he gained the highest prize for his ground routine on Aug. 3—after which once more, when he turned the nation’s first two-time gold medalist after profitable on the vault lower than 24 hours later.
However the 24-year-old gymnast gained’t simply be strolling away from this summer season’s Olympic Video games with a pair of medals—he additionally gained a totally furnished $550,000 apartment.
The Olympian was initially set to win a two-bedroom apartment value $415,000 (24,000,000 Philippine pesos) within the coronary heart of Taguig Metropolis, in metropolitan Manila, because of the property developer Megaworld Corp.
Nevertheless in gentle of Yulo’s double success, the corporate has simply “upgraded” its promised reward to a 3 bed room $553,345 (32 million Philippine pesos) apartment.
The absolutely furnished flat resides inside the corporate’s 50-hectare McKinley Hill township, which it says is house to “several world-class athletes, including members of the Philippine national teams for basketball and football.”
“This makes it a perfect home for Filipino champions who live a life of passion and excellence through and through,” Megaworld president Lourdes T. Gutierrez-Alfonso mentioned within the assertion.
The corporate may even present Yulo $51,900 (3 million Philippine pesos) in money.
Yulo set to obtain ramen, eating places and colonoscopies for all times
As if two gold medals and a apartment aren’t sufficient, Yulo is being showered with much more presents from proud Filipino companies and leaders.
Along with the $173,000 (10 million Philippine pesos) given by the federal government to every gold medalists, The Home of Representatives is gifting the champion $103,700 (6 million Philippine pesos).
In the meantime, the nation’s capital metropolis Manila, the place Yulo was born and raised, is making ready a “hero’s welcome” for him.
“The grandest welcome will greet him and all our Paris Olympians. When we meet him, we will present Carlos Yulo cash incentives, awards and symbols of the eternal gratitude of the proud capital city of the Philippines,” the town’s mayor, Honey Lacuna, instructed the BBC.
Additionally awaiting Yulo are lifetime provides of free buffets, ramen, and hen inasal, a grilled hen dish, by numerous chain eating places.
One physician has even pledged to supply free colonoscopies and gastroenterology consultations to the nation’s hero for all times—however solely after he turns 45.
The gymnast has additionally been provided two free café franchises from Don Macchiatos, a espresso and lemon drink enterprise, in addition to numerous model ambassadorship alternatives.
Even those that share the identical identify as Yulo are getting the purple carpet therapy, with some eateries providing free meals or drinks to anybody named Carlos, Caloy (his nickname) or Edriel (his center identify).
Wacky awards international locations give their Olympic medalists
Maybe unsurprisingly, Yulo isn’t the primary olympic champion to be on the receiving finish of some wacky prizes.
When Indonesian badminton athletes Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu returned house from Tokyo in 2021, the favored Indonesian meatball restaurant chain Baso Aci Abang gave the nation’s solely gold medalists their very own shopfront.
In the meantime, the island of Sulawesi—the place Rahayu hails from—promised her 5 cows and a home.
In South Korea—the place all able-bodied males should enlist within the armed forces for 18 months earlier than age 28—medalists win exemption from navy service.
In the meantime, Russian Olympic medalists have been gifted with racehorses, in addition to premium automobiles, amongst different incentives. The 2016 medalists gained BMW X5s.
Nevertheless, unable to pay for his or her maintenance, some have been pressured to promplty promote their prize.
