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From the world championships yes, definetly. From the Olympics, no - at least on paper. Receiving monetary gain from th spirit of competition os against the Olympics ethics. However, winning or even participating athletes do and can receive no repayment required loans from the government or even a business, thus we get winning athletes getting cheques for 150,000 dollars a bronze, 250,000 dollars a silver and 500,000 dollars a gold in order to buy a new pair of sneakers (which are already provided by sponsors anyway. Plus sucessful athletes can look forward to lucrative advertising/sponsorship deals when they turn pro again after their brief 12 weeks as an amateur athlete.

No true amateur athlete can possibly afford the costs of competing in the Olympics on their own income unless they are independently wealthy due to the amount of time required for training to the standard required for entry into the competition.

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I think the government will give you money. But from the Olympics... I'm not sure.

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no