Athletics governing body World Athletics will become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympics starting at this summer’s Paris Games, the body said on Wednesday. Typically, Olympic athletes receive monetary, and sometimes non-monetary, rewards only from their countries for winning a place on the podium. World Athletics will set aside $2.4 million from the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) revenue share allocation to reward athletes who win a gold medal in each of the 48 athletics events in Paris. Each Olympic champions is to receive $50,000. The plan is to ex…