Team Nigeria's top athletes in track & field, including Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume, have the chance to win $50,000 for a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This comes after World Athletics announced that they will award prize money at the Olympic Games for the first time.
Team Nigeria ’s A-list athletes in the track & field event including the likes of Tobi Amusan , the world record holder in the 100m women’s hurdles event and current Commonwealth gold medal list in the women’s long jump event , Ese Brume and amongst others , will each have a rare opportunity of winning a staggering US$50,000 should they scoop a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics .
This remains a distinct possibility after the World Athletics ‘in a landmark decision’ announced yesterday that it will become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games by ‘financially rewarding athletes for achieving the pinnacle of sporting success’ starting at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Speaking on this development, the first Nigerian to win an individual track and field medal at the Olympic Games, Falilat Ogunkoya , has lauded World Athletics , adding Nigeria’s contingent in athletics to Paris 2024 must gird their loins to win a slice of the prize money earmarked for the track & field events.
The former Nigeria quarter-miler who won a bronze medal in the 400 m event at Atlanta 1996 Olympics behind Marie-José Pérec of France and Cathy Freeman of Australia in a personal best and African record of 49.10, described the gesture by World Athletics as a milestone and laudable.
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