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World Athletics’ cash for Paris Olympics winners creates problem, says BOA chief

Olympic Games gold medal
World Athletics has a $2.4m prize pot to be split among the 48 gold medallists in Paris. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

World Athletics has created a problem by announcing that gold medallists at the Paris Olympics will receive cash prizes, according to the head of the British Olympic Association (BOA).

Criticism has followed World Athletics president Sebastian Coe’s pledge to pay gold medal winners in Paris $50,000 (£40,119) with the BOA’s chief executive, Andy Anson, the latest to question the end of a 128-year tradition.

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