President Aliyev signs order to award national athletes who will win medals at Rio 2016
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on July 18 to award Azerbaijani athletes who will win medals at the 31st Summer Olympics and 15th Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as well as their coaches, Azertac reported.
Under the Presidential Order, the amount of rewards for Olympic athletes and their coaches is defined as below: each athlete who will win the first place – 400,000 AZN, his coach – 200,000 AZN; each athlete who will take the second place – 200, 000 AZN, his coach – 100, 000 AZN; each athlete who will take the third place – 100,000 AZN, his coach – 50,000 AZN.
The amount of rewards for Paralympic athletes and their coaches is defined as below: each athlete who will win the first place – 200,000 AZN, his coach – 100,000 AZN; each athlete who will take the second place – 100, 000 AZN, his coach – 50, 000 AZN; each athlete who will take the third place – 50,000 AZN, his coach – 25,000 AZN.
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