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Paris 2024: Track and field to become first sport to pay prize money at Olympics

Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics.

World Athletics said Wednesday(Apr. 10) it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists during the upcoming Paris Olympics.

The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the games’ most-watched events.
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics.

World Athletics said Wednesday(Apr. 10) it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists during the upcoming Paris Olympics.

The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the games’ most-watched events.

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