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BERLIN : The decision by World Athletics to offer prize money to gold medallists at next month's Paris Olympics is discriminatory and goes against Olympic values, European Olympic Committees president Spyros Capralos said on Friday.
LONDON :World Athletics has unveiled a new biennial global championship meant to serve as a grand conclusion to the 2026 season, with a record $10 million prize pot on offer and Budapest as the inaugural host city.
Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 US in prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for gold medallists.
World Athletics unveiled plans to test new events such as a mixed 4x100 metres relay and a steeplechase mile in their four-year business strategy published on Friday, with the aim of providing faster paced and more exciting events.
World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, has said that he does not believe the Paris Olympic Games this summer will be drug-free, reports telegraph.co.uk.
Tobi Amusan. Photo: AFP
BERLIN :International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has suggested that instead of offering prize money for Olympic gold medallists in Paris, World Athletics should focus its funding on supporting athletes at the other end of the spectrum.
BERLIN : International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has suggested that instead of offering prize money for Olympic gold medallists in Paris, World Athletics should focus its funding on supporting athletes at the other end of the spectrum.