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- The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations have expressed their concern over the decision by World Athletics to introduce prize money for Olympic gold medallists, and said on Friday that they were not consulted.
"One cannot and should not put a price on an Olympic gold medal and, in many cases, Olympic medallists indirectly benefit from commercial endorsements. They went on to say that prize money should be comparable to that awarded in top competitions in each sport, if the Olympics are considered the pinnacle of each sport, but that this is technically and financially unfeasible.
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