Mechaella Shella Apolinario 03-15-23

1.4 BSA Economic Development

Prelim Assessment

Direction: Explain your understanding of the Case In Point: Per Capita Real GDP
and Olympic Medal Counts; and relating the case with the present situation of
our own Philippine Athletes. Case in Point: Per Capita Real GDP and Olympic
Medal Counts

Based on my understanding, Medal Counts is that the Olympics should

provide an opportunity for the outstanding athletes in the world. It explains that

in order to compete with each other face to face on the basis of natural talent

and hard work, there must be opportunity in Olympics that will provide all the

talented athletes. It was specified according to Johnson and Ali, "High

productive capacity or income per person displays an ability to pay the costs

necessary to send athletes to the Games." It explains that it is related for atheles

in problem example, in a swimmer that had never practiced in an Olympic sized

pool and a runner that had worn the same running shoes for four years.

However, real GDP remains our best single measure of economic performance.

It is used not only to indicate how any one economy is performing over time but

also to compare the economic performance of different countries. Generally,

the good news is that as the per capita real GDP in some relatively poor

countries has increased, the improved living standards had to increase Olympic

medal counts. This case is related with the present situation in our own Philippine
Athletes in a way that our country unavailability of different facilities needed.

Olympics is every nations pride. In this case point, one of the possible

evaluations of achieving well known places in the Olympics in each country is

achieving the possibility of the events by the GDP of the country. GDP is the

measure for a country's well-being. Despite all of that, Filipino athletes are one of

the most talented athletes in the world. They represent the country well and won

many medals in the past years. It is true that Olympics should provide an

opportunity for the finest athletes in the world.

The Philippines is not well known in the Olympic Games until the 2020

Summer Olympic Games when we take home the gold medal for Women 's 55

kg. Weightlifting through Ms. Hidilyn Diaz . The 2020 Summer Olympic Games was

delayed by a year because of the COVID - 19 Pandemic which is why it took.

For many years Philippines has not recorded success in terms of development in

these sports like Olympics. The factors leading to that are policies in sports,

corrupt program , not getting much support in terms of financial aiding and

many indirect factors such as National Sports Association leadership,

Government, etc. Philippines barely have won medals since their first

participation in Olympics in the year 1924.It is truly said, a GDP of a nations

influences the Medal count in the elite sports game such as Olympics.