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Prize money for Olympic gold-winning athletes good move: Neeraj
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday lauded World Athletics' decision to award USD 50,000 to all its gold-medallists in the Paris Olympic Games and said he would like to see such incentive being given in other global competitions as well.
In a first for an Olympic sport, gold-medallists in 48 athletics events of this year's Paris Games will be awarded the hefty sum by WA, which has promised to widen the spectrum and include all three medal winners at the 2028 Los Angeles edition.
''Money-wise in athletics, there isn't the kind of money that is in tennis or football among other sports,'' said Neeraj during an online interaction facilitated by his sponsors JSW Sports.
''World Athletics' decision to announce prize money for gold-winning athletes at the Paris Olympics is a good start. It's a good addition.
''WA is getting very active. In due course, I suppose, they will also give monetary incentives in competitions like the Diamond League, which will be good,'' said Chopra, who is also a World Championships gold-medallist.
