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European Olympic Committees president Spyros Capralos has criticised World Athletics for offering prize money to gold medallists only, explaining that it is a discriminative move.
The European Olympic Committee (EOC) president Spyros Capralos has slammed the World Athletics for offering prize money to gold medallists only at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
World Athletics, earlier this year, announced that they will be the first federation to offer prize money to gold medallists at this year’s Olympic Games but Capralos believes that the move is discriminatory.
A total prize pot of US$2.4 million (about Ksh312 million) has been ring-fenced from the IOC’s revenue share allocation, which is received by World Athletics every four years. US$50,000 (Ksh6.5 million) will be awarded to the gold medallists with the relay teams also set to receive the same amount, to be shared among the team.
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The International Boxing Federation also joined World Athletics in the prize money move and the two are the only federations who will offer prize money to their athletes. World Athletics noted that, however, they will start offering the cash to silver and bronze medallists at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
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World Athletics’ decision has received a lot of criticism from the IOC president Thomas Bach and the latest is from Capralos.
"We believe in the Olympic Games the athletes go there to compete for the values of the Olympic Games and their last preoccupation is to get money and bonuses. A total of 10,500 athletes are expected to compete across 32 sports in Paris," Capralos told a press conference in Romania as per Reuters.
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"I think that every country through their National Olympic Committees and governments have set bonuses for athletes winning medals. I think just giving some money to the gold winner is discriminatory and does not follow the principles of solidarity.
"Regarding boxing, there is no international boxing federation. With them (IBA) there have not been any discussions."
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