Kieren Perkins has urged the International Olympic Committee to better explain their stance on prize money for athletes, labelling it a "wicked problem with no perfect answer".
The Australian Sports Commission chief, who famously defended his 1500m freestyle Olympic title in Atlanta 30 years ago, stood alongside a host of current Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes on Wednesday welcoming $513 million in high performance government funding over the next two years.
Importantly, $42.8 million has been allocated to the daily living and training expenses of close to 1000 athletes.
The record investment - up from $489 million in the last round of funding - comes after IOC president Kirsty Coventry lit a fuse last month when asserting Olympic athletes should not win prize money.
