They are getting closer Games in Paris and little by little more information is known about the great Olympic event. One of them is the amount that the athletes will take, a historic and unprecedented decision, since then This is the first time that an international federation, World Athletics, will award cash prizes at the Olympic Games.
It will be 50,000 US dollars (about 46,000 euros), and only gold medal winners will receive. Awards for silver and bronze medalists won’t come until Los Angeles 2028.
As reported by the International Athletics Federation in a statement, “a total prize of 2.4 million dollars is reserved from the International Olympic Committee’s revenue allocation, which World Athletics receives every four years. It will be used to reward 50,000 dollars in athletes who won gold medals in each of the 48 athletics events in Paris.”
The initiative also includes a “firm commitment to extend prize money at a staggered level to winners of Olympic silver and bronze medals at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games,” the organization said.
Relay teams will receive the same amountto be distributed to the group.
Source: La Verdad
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