Athletics: Athletics-Gold medallists to earn $50,000 at Paris Olympics – MASHAHER

LONDON (Reuters) – Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, with the sport’s governing body announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000, with relay teams sharing the pot.

Silver and bronze medallists will also earn prize money, but only from the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

(Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Alex Richardson)