Kazakh figure skater Shaidorov may receive $250,000 for winning the Olympic Games

Mikhail Shaidorov, a 21-year-old Kazakhstani figure skater who competed in single skating and won gold at the Olympic Games in Italy, will receive $250,000 from his state. This was announced on February 14 by the portal Sports.kz .

"In accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Republic of Kazakhstan. - Ed.) for the first place at the Olympic Games, prize money is provided in the amount of $250 thousand (123.7 million tenge)," the article says.

It is noted that the figure skater, who closed the top 5 after the short program, managed to score 291.58 points.

Payments, as the authors of the article explained, are also due to silver and bronze medalists — $150,000 and $75,000, respectively. In addition, the reward will be provided to those Kazakhstani figure skaters who took the fourth and fifth places — $ 30 thousand and $ 10 thousand.

"I hope this ice will bring me success"

Russian figure skater Pyotr Gumennik — about his Olympic debut, problems with music and his main mistake

On February 14, Shaidorov became the winner of the men's free skate at the 2026 Olympics. Sharing his impressions with Izvestia, he stated that he had been working towards this for a very long time. The figure skater said that on his way to victory, he encountered unrest. Alexey Urmanov, the coach of the winner, the gold medalist of the 1994 Olympic Games in men's single skating, said that he was proud of his student.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent congratulations to the figure skater on his victory. It was noted that the head of state decided to award the athlete with the Order of Barys II degree.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.