More sponsors offer big bucks for Malaysia's first Olympics gold medal winner

The Paris Olympic medals contain ironwork from the Eiffel Tower, the first time any host city has incorporated pieces of a national monument. Graphic shows design of the Paris 2024 Olympics medals. - @GraphicNews

PETALING JAYA: The prize pool that awaits Malaysia’s first-ever Olympic gold medallists gets even bigger with an additional RM2 million from three private sponsors.

The Youth and Sports Ministry announced that Yinson Holdings Berhad will gift Malaysia’s first gold medallist RM1mil, while Matrix Concepts Holdings Berhad and MJ Health screening Centre will reward RM500,000 each.