By Matt Hardy Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games World Athletics, the governing body of track and field, controversially said they would pay gold medallists. Some nations pay there athletes with financial rewards and other assets such as titles and land, but it is not common for a governing body to pay athletes at the Olympic Games. So with US$50,000 on the line for each gold medal, what does the athletics table look like? World Athletics Paris 2024 $ tableTrack stories of the Olympic GamesJulien Alfred won Saint Lucia’s first ever gold medal when she stormed to the women’s 100m title on th…