YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. The representatives of the Armenian Olympic Team will be awarded with USD 30, 20, and 10 thousand, if they win gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively at the Sochi Olympics.

As reports “Armenpress” citing RIA Novosti, the Armenian athletes will receive USD 30 thousand in case of winning gold medal at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. In case of winning silver or bronze medals the Olympians will be rewarded with USD 20 and 10 thousand respectively.

Skiers Sergey Mikayelyan, Artur Yeghoyan, Katya Galstyan and alpine skier Arman Serberakyan introduce Armenia in the opening ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games.

Previously it was reported that 20-years-old Sage Kotsenburg of the United States became the first gold medalist of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday when he won the men's snowboard slopestyle event at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.

Kotsenburg’s first run scored 93.50 and although some of his rivals put in high scores on their second runs, he held on for victory.

Norwegian Staale Sandbech (91.75) claimed silver with the penultimate run of the event while Mark McMorris of Canada took bronze with 88.75.

Russian Alexey Sobolev didn’t qualify to compete in the final but impressed judges and spectators.