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Finally, Paralympic Athletes Will Earn the Same Pay For Medals as Their Olympic Counterparts The Tokyo Olympics will finally provide long-awaited recognition to Paralympic athletes. After the 2018 Winter Olympics, the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced Paralympians and Olympians will earn the same pay for the medals they win. Paralympic athletes will now receive $37,500 for each gold medal earned at the Paralympic Games, $22,500 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze. Previously, paralympic athletes received $7,500 for gold medals, $5,250 for silver, and $3,750 for bronze. Paralympians are an integral part of our athlete community and we need to ensure we re appropriately rewarding their accomplishments, USOPC Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland said back in 2018, when the change was implemented. Paralympic athletes who competed in the games three years ago were retroactively awarded fair pay, but Tokyo marks the first time they ll earn this increased compensation in real

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