Youth Olympic Gold Medal Bonuses Increased; Donyamali Announces New Amounts

Ahmad Donyamali, Minister of Sport and Youth, announced an increase in gold medal bonuses for Iranian athletes at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games. According to him, the gold medal bonus for girls will be 1 billion tomans and for boys 500 million tomans, both higher than the previous amounts.

The bonus of the gold medalists in the Youth Olympics was increased by the Minister of Sports and Youth.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the escorting ceremony of the convoy to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games was held this afternoon at the National Olympic Academy.

Ahmad Dunyamali, Minister of Sports and Youth, Mahdi Alinejad, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, Manaf Hashemi and Shervin Esbaghian, two Deputy Ministers of Sports, Hamid Azizi, head of the Iranian convoy, some members of the Executive Board of the Olympic Committee and a number of athletes and coaches sent to Dakar were present at this ceremony.

Dunyamali announced in this ceremony that if the female athletes of Iran's caravan win a gold medal, they will receive one billion tomans more than what was supposed to be rewarded to them, and this amount is also 500 million tomans more for the golden boys.

The National Olympic Committee had previously announced that gold is worth 1 billion, silver is 400 million and bronze is 150 million tomans.

Also, the Minister of Sports announced that if the boys of Iran's caravan succeed in winning gold, silver or bronze medals, they will be exempted from military service.