Explained: Paris 2024 track & field gold medal winners will get paid – why is this significant and what does Neeraj Chopra say about it?
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When a track and field athlete stands on the top of the Olympic podium in Paris this summer, a gold medal will not be their only prize. For the first time, they will also be rewarded with a cheque.On Saturday, World Athletics announced a cash prize of $50,000 (approx Rs 41.6 lakh) for each gold medal winner at the Paris Olympics, which begins on July 26. Four years later, at the Los Angeles Games, all three medal winners will receive monetary benefits in addition to a medal, the global body announced.
With this decision, the body headed by British track and field legend Sebastian Coe partially shattered one long-standing myth that is often romanticised about the Olympics – that the athletes, unlike in other sports, are amateurs.
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