Munich. At the WC in Eugene, Mondo Duplanti’s gold and world record was worth a total of $170,000 – nearly 1.8 million kronor – in official award money alone.
If he did the same at the European Commission, he wouldn’t get a penny.
– His manager Daniel Weisfeldt says he gets zero and nothing at all.
At WC in Eugene, the total prize pool was just over SEK 90 million.
That was an increase from previous years, when $2 million in Russian fines were added to the bowl.
WC Gold awarded $70,000 in prize money, or just over 700,000 crowns and then there was a scaling down to eighth which gave just over 50,000 crowns.
In addition, there was a world record bonus of $ 100,000 – just over a million Swedish kronor.
The agent criticizes the European Commission
Mondo achieved both of those totals after 6.21 in the final.
But at the European Commission, it’s amateur night.
There was no economics or real desire to offer European Union (EAA) prize money, says Wessfeldt.
– I can think that this is wrong and that you should in any case provide some kind of bonus for the additional good performance. EAA makes money, but it’s still the active people who make it possible.
In terms of size, the European Commission in Munich has outperformed the WC in Eugene.
At WC, the average audience was just over 10,000 spectators per session.
Here in Munich the number almost tripled, and on Tuesday evening there were 50 thousand spectators at the Olympic Stadium.
And other EC sports have prize money.
– Yes, swimming is present in its European Championships. So perhaps one should wonder if athletics should not present it in some form.
So if Mundo sets a world record here at the European Commission, doesn’t he get something extra?
– No, he gets the bonus that most people include in their shoe contracts, but that applies to any competition. There will be nothing more for the European Commission.