The Athletes Germany group has welcomed the announcement that World Athletics will dish out prize money to Olympic champions in the sport, and named the decision “a wake-up call” for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). World Athletics said on Wednesday that gold medallists at this year’s Paris Games will receive $50,000. Silver and bronze medallists are to be added to the prize money pool at Los Angeles 2028. “We rate the decision of World Athletics to pass on a share of the IOC income as winning bonuses to the athletes as big progress,” Athletes Germany managing director Johannes Herbe…