KUCHING, Aug 13 — In recognition of the commitment and achievements of athletes who brought honours to the contingent at the 2024 Malaysian Games (Sukma), a cash reward awaits each medallist at the biennial games.
Selangor is one of two states offering the highest reward — RM10,000 to each Sukma gold medallist.
Johor is the other state offering RM10,000.
Pahang is offering RM6,000, while Perlis, Perak, Federal Territories, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan have promised rewards of RM5,000 for gold medallists in individual events.
Selangor also promised RM5,000 per person for team events of under five people, and RM3,000 per person for team events of more than five people, triple the amount given in the 2022 edition.
For Pahang, an incentive of RM6,000 is offered to gold medallists, up from RM4,000 previously.
Perlis, which has a target of 10 gold medals in taekwondo, athletics, weightlifting and sailing, is offering RM5,000 for gold medallists, with RM3,700 and RM2,400 for athletes who win individual silver and bronze medals.
For Perak, besides the RM5,000 reward for the gold medal winner, the athletes who won the silver medal will receive RM3,000, the bronze RM1,000, while for the team category, RM2,500 is provided for the gold medal, RM1,500 silver and RM500 bronze.
The Federal Territories contingent (WiPers) will give incentives amounting to up to RM5,000 for gold medal winners (individual and team), RM2,000 for silver, while RM1,000 for bronze to reward athletes.
Sukma 2024 will be held from Saturday to August 24, featuring 37 sports and 488 events.
— Bernama
