Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon (21) alongside Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak (22) received the world’s first-ever NFT prizes alongside a whopping $50k for their efforts in the most recent 2022 World Swimming Championships held in Budapest, Hungary which were held on the 21st June.
The championships were hosted by FINA for their 19th Championship. They decided that they would mint custom-made NFTs for the winners alongside a physical print of the NFT to compliment the prize money.
The digital artwork was created by the artist named Krizbo, a Budapest local, who is not solely an NFT artist but had his artwork minted by FINA for the Championships. He also has a small but growing collection recently added to Opensea.