MOSCOW, Aug 20 Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said that athletes, participants in the Spartakiad in summer sports will receive bonuses equal to those awarded at the world championships. «We hope that the Spartakiad will serve to popularize sports. The strongest participate in it, it is more important than ever for young athletes to compete with the best. Now is a very difficult period for Russian sports, I will not talk about discrimination and politicization, everyone understands this, including the international community, our task is to ensure competitive competitions for our athletes, titles will be awarded, we plan that the prizes will be awarded in the amount of world championships. to be approved by the government,» Matytsin told reporters. «The prize money is in the amount of payments following the results of the world championships. About 400 thousand rubles for the first place, 300 thousand — for the second, 150 thousand — for the third. Both athletes and coaches,” the minister added.
