Sportsmanship lives on clean sports field

Is gold medal worship the root cause of corruption in the field of competitive sports or the other way round? This seems to be a question of chicken and eggs. But there is no denying that corruption is often behind sports scandals related to winning gold medals by cutting corners.

Nowadays, a gold medal has a lot to do with money, not just for the winners but also for their coaches and the teams behind them.

For a local sports team, the more gold medals its members win, the more money it will get from the local coffers to train athletes. And the more gold medals that are won, the more money the medalists, their coaches and their team members will receive.