Belarusian Olympic gold winners to enjoy lifelong sausage supply

MINSK, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - Belarusian athletes who win gold medals at the Beijing Olympics due to start on Friday will be provided with meat and sausage for the rest of their lives, a meat company said on Thursday.

The women's national basketball team, which will take part in the Olympic Games for the first time, will get the reward if they secure any medal, Boris Tsyporin, general director of Latvian-Belarusian meat and frozen foods producer Belatmeat, was quoted by Belarusian media as saying.

In addition to monetary rewards from Games organizers and sponsorship deals, Belarusian athletes will be given $100,000, $50,000, and 30,000 each in their home country for gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.