直擊里約奧運：領獎臺之外的趣聞軼事

US athletes have to pay tax on medals
美國運動員拿獎牌得交稅

Olympic glory comes at a cost - if you're American, at any rate. Michael Phelps's five gold medals from Rio, plus his one silver, could cost him up to $55,000 (￡42,000) in taxes, it has been estimated.
享受奧運榮譽是要付出代價的——至少美國人是。邁克爾?菲爾普斯在里約奧運會中收獲五枚金牌，一枚銀牌，而據估計，他因此在納稅上的開支將多達5.5萬美金（折合4.2萬英鎊）。

This is mainly because the US Olympic Committee awards prize money to medal winners - $25,000 (￡16,000) for gold, $15,000 (￡10,000) for silver, and $10,000 (￡6,000) for bronze - and this is considered taxable income by the US Internal Revenue Service. Many other countries give medal bonuses - Singapore's Joseph Schooling, it's reported, will get $753,000 (￡573,000) for his gold.
這主要是因為美國奧委會會向獎牌獲得者發放獎金——每枚金牌獎勵2.5萬美金（折合1.6萬英鎊），每枚銀牌1.5萬美金（折合1萬英鎊），每枚銅牌1萬美金（折合6000英鎊）——而這筆獎金被美國國稅局納入應稅收入。還有很多國家也會為獲獎運動員發放獎金——據稱，奪得金牌的新加坡運動員約瑟夫?斯庫林就將被國家授予75.3萬美金（折合57.3萬英鎊）的獎勵。

However, in the US the medals are also given a value and taxed, based on the value of the materials they are made of. According to Forbes magazine, a 500g gold medal from Rio is worth $564 (￡429), because it is mostly silver, plated with only 6g of gold. Silver medals are worth roughly $300 (￡228), and bronze medals, which are mostly made of copper, only about $4 (￡3).
但在美國，獎牌被納入應稅收入范圍，并根據不同材料而被明碼標價。根據《福布斯》雜志的報導，里約奧運的一枚凈重500克的金牌價值僅562美金（折合429英鎊），因為其主要材質是銀，只有表面鍍上了6克的黃金。銀牌價值300美金（折合228英鎊），而銅牌主要是由銅制成，僅值4美金（折合3英鎊）。

Members of the US Congress have made several efforts to make athletes' medal payments tax-exempt, but as yet to no avail.
美國國會議員曾多次提出要減免運動員的獎牌稅額，但到目前為止收效甚微。