Kosovo and Albania are the first in the region to pay more to the winners of the Olympic Games

Nora Gjakova after winning the Gold Medal in Tokyo

 Data analyzed by Euronews Albania show that Kosovo and Albania differ from the countries of the Western Balkans in terms of prizes provided to athletes who win medals at the Olympic Games.

Kosovo provides 100 thousand euros in prizes for athletes who win gold medals at the Olympics, 60 thousand for silver medals and 40 thousand for bronze - the same ranking for coaches, but as much as half the values.

Thus, judokas Distria Krasniqi and Nora Gjakova, who won gold medals in Tokyo, are expected to be rewarded with a considerable amount of money for their success. Similarly, their coach Driton Kuka.

If we talk about records in the Olympic Games, Kosovo offers 200 thousand euros reward for athletes, a figure that is not achieved by any other country in the region.

Albania, which has never been able to win a medal at the Olympic Games, provides prizes up to eighth place in individual competitions - from 80 thousand euros for the first place to 4 thousand for the eighth place.

For Olympic or world records, Albania gives a reward of 120 thousand euros.

From the countries of the Western Balkans, after Kosovo and Albania, comes Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

North Macedonia, which has not provided prizes for athletes, is expected to change after Dejan Georgievski won a silver medal in taekwondo in Tokyo today.

Data compiled by Statista, the US portal Swim-Swam, or the Croatian portal 24 Sata, show that Singapore and Indonesia are the most rewarding countries.

It is followed by Hong Kong, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Italy, Hungary, France, Russia, Brazil, Japan, the United States, South Africa and the Netherlands.

Experts say fat bonuses are mostly used by small states.

This is seen as a motivating policy for results in cases where there is a lack of tradition or sport is considered public diplomacy.