RIO DE JANEIRO -- Singapore swimmer Joseph Schooling left Rio de Janeiro known as the man who defeated Michael Phelps. And as a millionaire.In addition to winning the gold medal after beating Phelps with an Olympic record in the 100 meter butterfly, the 21-year-old Schooling also took home a reward of 1 million Singaporean dollars (about US $750,000) from his national Olympic committee.Singapore was among the many countries offering hefty cash prizes to their medalists at the Rio Games, a practice that has become more common as nations continue to give greater importance to the final medal count.Few pay nearly as much as Singapore, but almost every country has been awarding at least some sort of prize money to medal winners in an attempt to improve their position in the medal table. The bonuses usually come through the national committees, sponsors or national governments. Some also give out non-cash prizes such as cars and apartments.Twenty percent of Schoolings prize will go to the local swimming association for future training and development, Singapores national committee said. Schoolings gold was the first ever for Singapore at the Olympics.Phelps returned home with more gold than Schooling, but less money. The American great earned $25,000 for each of his five gold medals and $15,000 for the silver, earning $140,000 from the U.S. Olympic Committee.By the end of Friday, the USOC had spent about $1.8 million in prizes after 105 medals were won by its athletes.Britain, second in the medal standings, did not award any prize money to its medalists.Italy was ninth in the medal count by Friday, but with the equivalent of nearly $170,000 awarded to each gold medalist in Rio, it had already spent about $2.6 million in prizes with 25 medal winners. The amount paid for each medal was the same even for athletes in team sports.Other top payers at the Olympics included Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Malaysia, each disbursing about $250,000 for gold medalists. Kazakhstan also gave out prizes to athletes finishing up to sixth place, while Malaysia awards a lifelong monthly pension that can reach about $1,200.Of course the money helps, said Patimat Abakarova, who won a bronze for Azerbaijan in Taekwondo and took home more than $60,000. But any athlete will tell you that this is not why we are here. We dont think about the money, thats not why we compete in the Olympics.Azerbaijan also gives its coaches half of the amount awarded to the medalists.Russias federal government is giving out about $60,000 for gold, and this time there is no word on whether it will also award luxury cars to all of its medalists, as it did at the Sochi Winter Games.Host Brazil is paying roughly $11,000 for its medalists, regardless of the color of the medal. The winners in team sports earn half of that amount. The Brazilian soccer federation reportedly is also expected to hand out $100,000 to Neymar and all of his teammates if they help Brazil win the soccer gold medal for the first time, although it doesnt officially confirm or deny the bonus amount.Sweden is among the few countries that dont reward athletes with money if their athletes win. The Swedish national committee said there was no medal bonus because we spend all our commercial money on preparation for the athletes, which means that we usually support them for six to eight years to reach world class.Some countries apparently didnt give any support at all.The national committee of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu, which competed with four athletes, said the local government did not give even a cent to help our team participate in Rio 2016.---AP Sports Writers Gerald Imray and James Ellingworth contributed to this report.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. 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Although this series is done, Pakistan are still striving to find the glue that can hold it all together: consistency.Pakistans series win against West Indies has been built around the same modus operandi theyve used for decades - bat to par and bowl well above that. Reducing the world champions to 48 for 8 and 89 for 7 in the first two T20s showed their discipline with the ball. A youthful side has also shown the ability to save runs on the field. But, how will Pakistans new-look outfit hold their own under the duress that this format often brings?As teams master the T20 format, they also sometimes deem a bad day acceptable. West Indies batsmen suffered two in succession, which has cost the team the series; their six-hitters have hit the wall when unable to find the boundary. West Indies are known to be a boundary-hitting side. But its up to us to find a way around that, batting coach Toby Radford said after the second T20. If they dont, a whitewash may be inevitable.Form guidePakistan WWWLL (last five completed matches, most recent first)West Indies LLWWWIn the spotlightShoaib Malik has been one of Pakistans most consistent T20 performers. In his last 16 T20I innings, Malik has failed to register a double-digit score just once. Maliks experience and fielding prowess have also helped Pakistan in their dramatic limited-overs revival.West Indies middle order, which includes Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Carlos Brathwaite, is arguably the best in the world. Bravo resurrected West Indies innings in the first T20 with a 54-ball 55. But for them to be at their destructive best, West Indies top order has to set a base from where the middle order can attack effectively.Team newsPakistan have no reason to change their winning combination with a whitewash in sight, although coach Mickey Arthur saiid on the eve of the game that there might be changes on the fast-bowling front.dddddddddddd We would like to bring in [Mohammad] Amir, and start him bowling before the ODIs, he said. I want to know how Rumman Raees goes too, but we will take a final decision tomorrow.*Pakistan (probable): 1 Sharjeel Khan, 2 Khalid Latif, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Umar Akmal, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Sohail Tanvir, 11 Hasan Ali/Mohammad AmirWith the series gone, captain Carlos Brathwaite said they are likely to hand a debut to one or two players. Rovman Powell may make it into the XI for Nicholas Pooran, who has scores of 5 and 4 in his first two T20Is. West Indies may also rejig their misfiring top order.West Indies (probable): 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Andre Fletcher (wk), 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Carlos Brathwaite (capt), 8 Rovman Powell/Nicholas Pooran, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Jerome TaylorPitch and conditionsAbu Dhabi, with its larger dimensions, will provide a different challenge to the batsmen. Pakistans batsmen scampered through for plenty of twos in the smaller Dubai outfield, which could continue. West Indies six-hitting ability and adaptability will be tested. The nature of the pitch is unlikely to be too dissimilar from the first two T20Is, and temperatures are expected to be in the late 30s again.Stats and triviaBefore this series, Pakistan had never won more than one match in a three-match T20I seriesPakistans left-arm bowlers have taken 14 wickets this series, the joint most for any team in a bilateral T20I seriesPakistan have won only one of the four T20Is they have played in Abu DhabiQuotesThe dot-ball percentage was always far too high [previously in limited-overs cricket], so we had to rotate the strike more and we particulary worked hard to score off good balls. It was pleasing to see us score so many [87] off the last ten the other night.Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur is happy that his teams efforts to improve aspects of their limited-overs batting are workingI havent lost confidence in anyone as a team.Captain Carlos Brathwaite is clear about believing in his team despite losing the two matches.*18.00GMT, September 26: The preview was updated after Mickey Arthurs media interaction ' ' '