Russian Olympians Awarded Mercedes SUVs for Medals

Here’s how it breaks down. If you managed to win a bronze medal for mother Russia, you went home with a GLK. Silver medalists were awarded with ML-Class Benzes. Those who won gold drove off in brand new Mercedes-Benz GL SUVs. All medalists also received about 7.2 million rubles or $200,000. You know, for gas money.

“But wait! What if they’re too young to drive?”

Well, in the case of two figure skating medal winners Yulia Lipnitskaya (15) and Adelina Sotnikova (17), they’ll also have their own drivers. All paid for. Nice huh?

Now, I wonder what happens to the Olympians that didn’t do so well…

via [Extra Mustard]
src [Moscow Times]