A month and a half before the start of the event, international federations decided that their medalists will receive a payment in dollars. The Games will have 10,500 athletes competing in 32 sports.
Within the framework of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesthe World Athletics Association (WA) and the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced that they will give payments to their medalists of the sporting event that will be held from July 26 to August 11.
The WA will offer $50,000 in prizes to its 48 Olympic champions. For its part, the IBA indicated that it will offer money to all medalists. As he explained, it will be US$100,000 for the gold medal winners, and US$50,000 for the silver medal winners; while the bronze winners will receive US$25,000.
This decision infuriated other international federations, as well as the International Olympic Committee (IOC)which considers the measure a “direct interference in its event without prior consultation.”
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Olympic Games: controversy over the payment of prizes
The decision of the World Athletics Association to offer cash prizes to the gold medalists in the Paris Olympic Games is “discriminatory and goes against values”, said the president of the European Olympic Committees, Spyros Capralos.
The IOC member also added: “We believe that The athletes participating in the event will compete for the values of the Games and their last concern is getting money and bonuses.” “Just giving some money to the gold winner is discriminatory and does not follow the principles of solidarity,” he continued.
Capralos stated in turn that there had been no talks with either of the two international federations since his recent announcements, and announced that he would attend the European athletics championships in Rome, hinting at possible discussions on the matter.
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