World Athletics To Pay $50000 To Olympic Gold Medalists
What the $50,000 payout will mean for Olympic track and field athletes.
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What the $50,000 payout will mean for Olympic track and field athletes.
Olympic champions will receive prize money for the first time after World Athletics said Paris 2024 gold medallists would be paid $50,000.
World Athletics is breaking with Olympic tradition – by announcing that it will become the first sport to offer prize money for a gold medal
Athletics has become the first sport in 128 years to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing winners will earn US$50,000 each.
World Athletics announced today they will pay gold medalists in Paris $50,000 each, making track & field the first sport to offer prize money in the 128-year history of the Olympics. *MB: Paris Olympics to feature prize money for track and field gold medalists, paid by athletics governing body.