Here's how much Sha'Carri Richardson will earn for the Paris Olympics

PARIS, France — Sha'Carri Richardson will be leaving Paris with two Olympic medals and a paycheck, but it may not be as much money as you'd expect. 

While U.S. athletes aren't specifically paid to compete at the Olympics, the U.S. is one of the countries that provides bonuses for winning medals. And for the first time this year, the governing body of track and field, World Athletics, announced it would pay gold medal winners in track and field at the Paris Olympics, the first sport to do so at the Summer Games. 

In Tokyo, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee gave out $37,500 for each gold medal, $22,500 for each silver medal and $15,000 for each bronze medal earned at the Games. Those numbers vary from country to country, and not every country awards bonuses to medal winners.

Based off those numbers, Richardson will earn $60,000 from Team USA for winning her two medals. 

How much Richardson will get from World Athletics is a bit unclear. While solo track and field gold medalists at the Paris Olympics can make $50,000, the relay teams split $50,000 among their members. If that money is split evenly among the four Americans who ran in the final and prelims, she'd receive $12,500 extra.