Bobby Finke of the US was awarded a $50,000 USD bonus from Shannon Sharpe on Nightcap on Friday. Finke broke the World Record in the men’s 1500 freestyle on the final day of swimming in Paris, swimming to a 14:30.67.
Sharpe hosted Finke on his podcast and surprised Finke at the end of it with a check. He showed Finke the check through the camera to show Finke how proud he and co-host Chad Johnson were of him. Finke eventually saw the writing on the check and responded with a shocked “oh god…oh my god.”
Johnson proposed a race for Finke to receive the $50,000, “In order to get that when you’re in Florida, we’ll have to race.” Finke replied to the challenge, “I’ll do whatever you guys want…I’ll do anything.”
Finke was the only US man to win an individual gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, doing so in World Record time as well. His win also helped move the US to be tied with Australia at seven gold medals a piece. The US women’s 4×100 medley relay ended up winning the final gold of the meet to put the US alone at the top of the medal table with eight golds.
In addition to this bonus, Finke was the highest-earning man from the US, earning a total of $145,000.00. He was the 5th highest earner overall. He notably was the only swimmer from the US to set an individual World Record at the meet.
Unc’s wallet takin a hit mannnnn 💰🤣 @ShannonSharpe | @ShayShayMedia_ | @ochocinco pic.twitter.com/XkfesEIrzs
— Nightcap (@NightcapShow_) August 5, 2024
How much are they paying all up?
is this coming out of SS’s pocket? if so, pretty cool
https://x.com/nightcapshow_/status/1820608104385630619?s=61
Only US male swimmer*
Uhh was there a female who set an individual World Record that I missed?
maybe he means the women’s medley relay but it does say individual
Oh. Mixed medley also set a WR and their were male swimmers on that so I guess if we’re counting relays, they’d be on that list too.
$12.5K each member
That’s enough for a down payment on something decent in Florida. Very well earned, Captain America
Bobby deserved that world record and gold medal. The quiet achiever does it again. They have a great training squad!🏅
Yeah they own the mile
well done young man! Great and well earned rewards.
anything for coach nesty? coach fred?
Good stuff! The women’s mixed relay get to split $50K from Shannon for their WR.
How about Gretchen and Regan for their records at trials?
World Records only. He’s doing it for all US athlete world records this Olympics.
I thought he was just doing it for the track athletes ($25,000/gold, $50,000/WR), but I guess this means he’s willing to put up some money for athletes in other sports if they come on the show
He may go broke with the track and field athletes.
Not with Lyles! Waka waka waka!
He mentioned the women’s medley relay on one of his shows last week. Named each of them. $12.5K each relay member
Nice! they all deserve it