“Giving Starving Family of 7 a Half a Loaf”: World Athletics $50K Reward Leaves Former Track Athlete Baffled

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World Athletics became the first international organization to payout prize money at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A $50,000 reward for Olympic gold medalists came with lines of promises to give back revenues generated by athletes. In his statement, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe remarked, “While it is impossible to put a marketable value on winning an Olympic medal…I think it is important we start somewhere.” It looks like not all track and field competitors are happy about the landmark decision to offer prize money to gold medal winners at the Paris Games. While the internet already opened the doors of...