Awarding Olympic Gold Cash Bonus a ‘Sign of the Times’ says JOA President

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Christopher Samuda, says the announcement by World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe that his association will be giving prize monies for Olympic gold medallists is an understandable sign of the times.

On Wednesday, World Athletics stated that gold medal winners at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, in each of the 48 athletic events, will receive US $50,000.

Samuda says this seems to be a growing high tide of world opinion.

However, he warns that the priceless values in sport which Olympics embodies must be safeguarded.

Christopher Samuda.