Sir Steve Redgrave: Track and field prize money at Olympics will divide athletes
Olympic great Sir Steve Redgrave believes paying prize money to track and field gold medallists at Paris 2024 will divide athletes.
World Athletics announced last month it would be the first sport to offer prize money in Olympic history at this summer’s Games, with winners in the 48 disciplines to receive 50,000 US dollars (£39,400).
Prize money will be paid to all three track and field medallists at the 2028, but five-time Olympic rowing champion Redgrave insists it will create a major “us and them” situation at sport’s biggest event.
