田径史上最大的一笔奖金
A brand new athletics championship this month paid its winners more than the sport has ever offered before.
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Keep it on your phone →想象你只跑一场比赛,走下赛道时就比这项运动历史上几乎任何一位运动员都富有。这个月,在一项全新的锦标赛上,发生的正是这件事,而这项赛事从头到尾只围绕一个简单的想法:像对待真正的明星那样给冠军发钱。
赛事把世界上最好的田径运动员聚在一起,只比几天,但奖金池是这项运动从未见过的规模,总额大约一千万美元。一个单项冠军拿走的钱,可能相当于许多运动员过去好几个赛季加起来的收入。
支持者说,把运动员的报酬提到这个水平,终于让田径被当作它本来就是的大项目来对待。批评者则怀疑,长期来看这真的会改变什么。无论如何,在九月的那几天里,短跑和投掷选手忽然成了世界上收入最高的运动员之一。
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