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2024-04-11T15:25:24+00:00
A total prize pot of US$2.4 million has been ring fenced from the International Olympic Committee’s revenue share allocation, which is received by World Athletics every four years. This will be used to reward athletes who win a gold medal in each of the 48 athletics events in Paris with US$50,000.
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2024-03-16T11:52:23+00:00
The 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships are set to be held in the Park of Friendship in Belgrade, Serbia on 30 March, 2024.
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2024-02-12T10:40:30+00:00
The marathon world record holder, Kiptum, who had taken the long-distance running world by storm, perished in a car accident along with his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.
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2024-02-11T23:32:37+00:00
Kiptum and his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana, died in a car accident on Sunday night.
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2024-01-16T10:51:16+00:00
Kiplimo won the 2023 edition in Bathurst, Australia, having clocked 29:17, but he is doubtful for this year's March 30th competition.
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2024-01-15T16:10:05+00:00
Meanwhile, Kiplimo could have earned an additional USD 50,000 (about 180 million shillings) from World Athletics had he smashed the world record.
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2023-12-12T08:58:56+00:00
Six athletes, Tigist Assefa, Mondo Duplantis, Kelvin Kiptum, Faith Kipyegon, Noah Lyles and Yulimar Rojas, were announced as World Athletes of the Year for 2023.
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2023-11-20T13:22:24+00:00
Kiplimo's incredible milestone matched the record set five years back in 2018 by compatriot Joshua Cheptegei.
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2023-09-30T10:56:08+00:00
The championships were previously scheduled to happen on February 10, but due to the original hosts, the Croatian cities of Medulin and Pula, being deemed unprepared, the event was subsequently relocated.
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2023-09-01T15:08:19+00:00
The culmination of Kipchoge's legacy, embodied by the EK Umoja Collection, resonates powerfully.