Algerian Imane Khelif wins boxing gold medal after her gender was wrongly questioned

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Algerian Imane Khelif wins boxing gold medal after her gender was wrongly questioned
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It's estimated that the value of a gold medal is around $1 million in terms of economic impact, considering factors like increased tourism, sponsorship, and national pride.

Please do provide actual evidence for that claim. Specifically for a gold medal in women's boxing.

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That's a pathetically tiny amount of capital for a state.

You are asking about the total benefits of sending athletes to the Olympics, not the statistical weighing of gold medals in a regression model.

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