The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has once again spoken out against offering a prize money at Olympic Games, saying it would favour a small number of elite athletes to the detriment to others.

Offering prize money at the Olympic Games was unfair and was shown at the Paris Games to favor a small number of elite athletes to the detriment of others, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday.

Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France announced their retirement from competitive figure skating, Papadakis, 29, and Cizeron, 30, followed their 2018 Olympic silver with gold in 2022,

France's former Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron announced their retirement on Tuesday. Papadakis, 29, and Cizeron, 30, won silver at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games and gold in Beijing four years later.