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Athletics has broken a 128-year Olympic tradition by becoming the first sport to offer prize money to gold medallists.
World Athletics president Lord Coe announced the landmark decision, which will see each individual track and field gold medallist in receive $50,000 (£39,400).
Mail Sport looks at the key questions following World Athletics' decision.
Individual athletics gold medallists at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will receive £39,400)
World Athletics president Lord Coe claims it is just a ‘continuation of the journey’ from when he was elected in 2015. And he has long been an advocate of the stars of the show being fairly rewarded.
However, it cannot be a coincidence that this news has come amid a string of top athletes — including USA’s Noah Lyles and Team GB’s Josh Kerr — complaining about the prize money at major events.
Is this all to stop Michael Johnson’s breakaway league?Coe insists not. And in any case, it won’t stop it. Johnson’s new big-money series is more likely to threaten the Diamond League than the Olympics, which very few
