Kuala Lumpur: Olympic medal winners typically receive monetary and non-monetary rewards from their countries for winning medals at the games.
A gold winner for Team USA may get $37,500 while their counterpart in Singapore would be 20 times more or $737,000.
Olympians also rely on other revenue streams from the sports they represent and also by landing lucrative endorsement deals.
For the first Philippines winner of a gold medal, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz would get US600,000 from the Philippine Sports Commission and from top businessmen.
She has also been offered two homes and free flights for life, according to reports.
