Last Updated on 09/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem has created history by winning the gold medal in javelin throw. After Arshad won the medal, his struggle is also being discussed a lot. Actually, there are many stories about Arshad that he did not have money to buy a javelin, there were no good facilities for training and he practiced the game with crowd funding from the villagers. He has achieved this position after facing many difficult financial situations. Apart from the help of the government and the people, he is also given help by the Olympic Association.
Actually, Arshad Nadeem is an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship holder, through which athletes get help. In such a situation, the question is what is this scholarship and how is the athlete helped in it. So let’s understand every thing related to the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship…
What is the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship?
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Olympic Solidarity Scholarship is a scheme of the International Olympic Committee, through which those athletes are helped who need help and are unable to get good training due to poor financial condition. Through this, athlete development programs are started for the National Olympic Committees of different countries and they are helped from financial level to training etc. Along with this, training of sports administration, training of coaches etc. is also provided under this scheme.
This scholarship has a huge budget and a cycle is prepared by combining some Olympics, for which the budget is given. For example, in the current cycle, a plan was prepared till the Paris Olympics. Now after this, the second cycle will start and a plan will be prepared for the next few Olympics (till 2028).
What is the budget?
If we talk about this cycle, 590 million dollars have been given in this scheme. Now the plan is ready for the Olympic cycle of the year 2028, in which 650 million dollars will be given. Through this, scholarships were given to 1560 athletes. This fund has reached the athletes through 195 national committees.
For what things do you get money?
In this, athletes are given funds to buy sports equipment and money for training. Apart from this, travel money is also given to the athletes so that they can win medals in the Olympics. Apart from this, athletes are also given funds for technical courses, career growth and refugee support.
Let us tell you that Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan also gets help through this scholarship and the people who get help from this fund have also won medals many times. As soon as Arshad Nadeem got the gold medal, the IOC media also informed and told that Arshad has won gold and he was getting support through the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)