Kyle Chalmers oo ammaanay deeqaha Gina Rinehart ee dabaasha Commonwealth, iyadoo warbixin ku leedahay ha lagu mahadcelin

Dabaashayaasha Australia waxay helayaan $20,000 oo doolar marka ay dahab ku guuleystaan Ciyaaraha Commonwealth sababtoo ah Gina Rinehart. Warbixin ayaa soo jeedisay in dabaashayaasha laga digay inaysan u mahadcelin Ms Rinehart haddii ay bilad qaataan.

Deeqaha Rinehart iyo qorshaheeda

Rinehart oo ah bilyaneer ayaa sheegtay inay bixin doonto deeqaha la midka ah kuwii la bixiyay barkadda Olombikada Paris 2024. Shaqsi ahaan dabaashayaashu waxay helayaan $20,000 dahab, $15,000 qalin, $10,000 naxaas iyo $30,000 rikoodh adduun.

Xubnaha relay-ga waxay helayaan $7,500 rikoodh adduun, $5,000 dahab, $3,750 qalin iyo $2,500 naxaas. Deeqaha waxaa ku dhawaaqay Swimming Queensland oo uu Rinehart patron ka yahay, halka Petria Thomas uu CGA ka fogeeyay qorshaha.

Hadalka Chalmers iyo digtii warbaahinta

Chalmers wuxuu yiri: "I'm super grateful to have the support of CGA to get us here, but to be able to have some medal incentive, it gives us a lot more purpose and reason." Wuxuu intaa ku daray in dabaashayaasha Australia ay "very lucky" yihiin marka loo eego cayaaraha kale.

Warbixin ka timid Sydney Morning Herald Jimceeyay ayaa sheegtay in dabaashayaasha laga sheegay inaysan u mahadcelin Rinehart marka ay la hadlayaan warbaahinta. Deeqaha wuxuu korka maraa lacagaha sannadlaha ah ee Rinehart u bixiso dabaashayaasha heerka sare.

Ka bixitaanka ciyaartoyda kale

Summer McIntosh oo Canada ah ayaa ka maqan Ciyaaraha Glasgow iyadoo iyadu iyo kuwa kale diiradda saarayaan Pan Pacific championships. Katarina Johnson-Thompson ayaa hogaaminaysa lixda xubnood ee England ka baxay subaxdii xafladda furitaanka.

Afar olympians oo kale—Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Matthew Hudson-Smith iyo Amber Anning—ayaa sidoo kale maqan. Johnson-Thompson oo dhaawac ah oo "gutted" ayaa sheegtay inay u jeedinayso European championships Birmingham bisha dambe.

Kyle Chalmers welcomes medal incentives as CGA distances itself from separate scheme

Australian swimmers can earn $20,000 for Commonwealth Games gold through Gina Rinehart's bonuses, while a report says they were told not to thank her. Rinehart matched Paris 2024 pool incentives as several star athletes withdrew from Glasgow.

Bonus structure and athlete response

Individual swimmers will receive $20,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, $10,000 for bronze and $30,000 for a world record. Relay members get $7,500 for a world record, $5,000 for gold, $3,750 for silver and $2,500 for bronze. Multiple-medal winners are paid per medal.

Kyle Chalmers said: "I'm super grateful to have the support of CGA to get us here, but to be able to have some medal incentive, it gives us a lot more purpose and reason." Bonuses sit atop Rinehart's annual payments to top swimmers, and CGA grants $5,000 to each Glasgow team member.

Governance and media guidance

Swimming Queensland, where Rinehart is patron, announced the scheme. Australia's chef de mission Petria Thomas said: "That's a separate arrangement and it's not something that Commonwealth Games Australia is involved in whatsoever." The CGA thus distanced itself from the bonuses.

A Sydney Morning Herald report on Friday said swimmers were told not to thank Rinehart in media appearances after races. Rinehart stated: "There is something very uplifting about seeing an Australian athlete stand on the podium while our flag is raised." The bonuses are framed as national appreciation.

Withdrawals shape the field

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh skips Glasgow to focus on the Pan Pacific championships with rivals. Her absence improves Australian medal prospects. The bonuses arrive amid wider complaints about athlete support in other sports at the Games.

England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads nine athletics withdrawals on opening ceremony morning. Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Amber Anning also withdrew. Injured Johnson-Thompson said she was "gutted" and will target Birmingham Europeans next month.