The countdown to the Paris Olympics has begun. After seeing the success in Tokyo, this time the expectations and hopes are even higher. How well the Indian players will live up to those expectations will start to be seen with the start of the Maha Kumbh of the Games from July 26. The Paris Olympics is going to be even more special for Neeraj Chopra or other athletes associated with track and field. This is because in Paris, like Tokyo, they will not only have a chance to win a gold medal but also a chance to win Rs 41 lakh along with it.

Ending a 128-year-old tradition in the Olympic Games, World Athletics has this time announced prize money for all those athletes associated with the track and field event who will win gold medals.

World Athletics will be the first international sports federation to start this tradition in the Olympics. According to World Athletics, the prize money in the Paris Olympics will be only for the gold medalists, but in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, prize money will also be given to the silver and bronze medal winners.

Neeraj Chopra may get Rs 41 lakh

After this big decision of the World Athletics Federation, athletes around the world including Neeraj Chopra are overjoyed.

A new passion to do better has arisen in them. If Indian athletics superstar Neeraj Chopra now repeats his success of Tokyo on the track of Paris, then this time not only will he return to India creating history with another Olympic gold, but he will also have 50000 dollars i.e. 41.75 lakhs in Indian rupees in the form of prize money.

20.3 crore rupees for 48 events, World Athletics' decision

There are 48 track and field events in Paris Olympics, for which the World Athletics Federation has allocated 2.4 million dollars i.e.

20.3 crore rupees. Out of this amount, all gold medalists will get 41.75 lakhs. At the same time, the amount of Rs 41.75 lakh will be divided equally among the players of the relay team winning the gold medal.

20.3 crore rupees. Out of this amount, all gold medalists will get 41.75 lakhs. At the same time, the amount of Rs 41.75 lakh will be divided equally among the players of the relay team winning the gold medal.