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Dick Pound: IOC Member and Former Vice President on World Athletics paying gold medallists for their win
Dick Pound: IOC Member and Former Vice President on World Athletics paying gold medallists for their win
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7 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Track and Field has become the first sport to pay athletes for their Olympic gold medals.
World Athletics, the governing body that oversees worldwide track and field events, will be awarding $50,000 in prize money to gold medalists are the 2024 Paris Olympics.
They’ve set aside a total of $2.4 million to go to medalists across the 48 men’s, women’s, and mixed events, with relay teams splitting the $50,000 amongst themselves.
Long serving member and former Vice President of the IOC, Dick Pound, told Jason Pine that with a leading sport like athletics going in this direction, it’s likely other prominent sports will start to face pressure to do something similar.
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World Athletics, the governing body that oversees worldwide track and field events, will be awarding $50,000 in prize money to gold medalists are the 2024 Paris Olympics.
They’ve set aside a total of $2.4 million to go to medalists across the 48 men’s, women’s, and mixed events, with relay teams splitting the $50,000 amongst themselves.
Long serving member and former Vice President of the IOC, Dick Pound, told Jason Pine that with a leading sport like athletics going in this direction, it’s likely other prominent sports will start to face pressure to do something similar.
LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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