Published: 28 April, 2007, 17:17
Edited: 28 April, 2007, 17:17
Russian wrestlers can become millionaires if they win gold medals in Olympic Games in Beijing next year.
The Russian Wrestling Federation has officially announced that it is offering to pay US$ 500 000 to each wrestler that succeeds.The cash has been stumped up by Suleyman Kerimof – who is the Chairman of the Russian Wrestling Federation Board of Guardians. He incidentally owns giant oil-company Nafta Moscow.And just to show he's not stingy Mr Kerimof says he'll double his offer to $US 1 MLN per man or woman, if more than ten Russian wrestlers collect gold.