Post-Rio tour costs P300,000, little for athletes

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Team Botswana's tour has cost P300,000 PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) will spend P300,000 on post Rio Olympics tours to ‘celebrate’ the achievement of the team while it is unclear what the athletes will receive.

BNOC chief executive officer, Tuelo Serufho said they had left a budget for the post Olympic Games tours, and they would spend P300,000.

He said if the team had won medals, the budget would have been bigger, but they have to keep it at P300,000 after tours were limited to Gaborone, Francistown as well as some villages along the A1 highway.

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Post-Rio tour costs P300,000, little for athletes

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) will spend P300,000 on post Rio Olympics tours to ‘celebrate’ the achievement of the team while it is unclear what the athletes will receive.

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