First cash payment in Olympics
Track and field will be the first sport to give direct cash payments for Olympic gold medals, the sport’s federation announced
The olympics took pride in being a competition where elite athletes battled for nothing more than the joy of representing their country.
World Athletics, the governing body for track and field said,
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All individual gold medalists in the sport at the Paris Games this summer will receive $50,000. (Winning relay teams will share the money.)
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The federation said it would begin paying silver and bronze medalists lesser amounts in 2028.
