The government’s decision on the increase of scholarships for sports achievements provides for payments to all participants in the Games who performed for Moldova. Athletes ranked below the 16th place are entitled to a scholarship equal to one average salary in the economy – 17,400 lei.
To each according to his merits
Biathletes Pavel Magazeev and Maxim Macarov, skiers Iulian Lukin and Elizaveta Hlusovici will receive a scholarship of 17,400 lei.
The best performance among them was demonstrated by Magazeev, who finished 45th in the 20-km individual race. Makarov failed to get higher than 86th place. Lukin and Hlusovic, for whom the Olympics in Italy became the debut in their careers, were 96th and 104th, respectively.
Biathlete Alina Stremous, who took 14th place in the individual race at 15 km, will be applied a coefficient of 1.3. Accordingly, the amount of her monthly stipend will amount to 22,620 lei.
The sixth athlete of the Olympic team, Mihail Usov, went to Italy as a reserve. He did not take part in any of the races and cannot count on receiving a scholarship.
The athletes will receive scholarships until the next Winter Olympics in 2030.
Despite the results
The government’s decision to increase scholarships for athletes, effective January 1, 2026, applies to athletes aged 13 years and older who have demonstrated good results in representative international tournaments.
Special treatment is given to Olympians and Paralympians. They are entitled to payments regardless of their results, and victory is valued much more highly than in other tournaments.
Thus, the monthly stipend for the Olympic champion in 2026 is 87 thousand lei, while the monthly stipend for the world champion among adults is 69.6 thousand lei and for the European champion among adults – 52.2 thousand lei.
The state budget allocated 62.3 million lei for the payment of scholarships this year. This amount is almost twice as much as last year’s amount – about 32 million lei.
