Paris 2024 Olympic Games: discover the amount of the bonus that the Olympic champions in athletics will receive

Le Montpelliérain Kevin Mayer espère décrocher une nouvelle médaille. MAXPPP – STADION-ACTU/SMJD AGENCY

The international athletics federation World Athletics announced on Wednesday that it would pay a bonus of $50,000 for gold medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

World Athletics, the international athletics federation, will award a bonus of 50,000 dollars (46,049 euros) to Olympic medalists. gold during the Paris Olympic Games, according to a press release published Wednesday, becoming the first international sporting body to reward its Olympic champions.

The silver and bronze medals will have to wait until the Los Angeles Games in 2028 to benefit from a bonus, specifies World Athletics.

Mayer as main prospect

In athletics, French hopes are not at their highest with results at half mast in recent years. On the Montpellier side, Kevin Mayer hopes to bring home a medal despite recurring injuries.

The decathlete, not yet qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.