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World Athletics introduces prize money at the Olympics; Paris winners to get $50,000

World Athletics introduces prize money for Olympic gold medalists, marking a historic shift in amateur sports.

The Hindu

World Athletics will pay $50,000 to Olympic gold medalists in track and field events

The prizes, which will also go to the winners of the marathon and race walk, come as the Olympic Games have shifted away from amateurism. Many medalists already earn bonuses from their home countries.

WEKU

Gold medal for politics: why Olympic prize money is a smart move by Seb Coe

The $50,000 is unlikely to change athletes’ motivation while Seb Coe, the head of World Athletics, is a likely candidate for IOC president in 2025

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Athletics to introduce prize money at Paris Olympics

World Athletics will introduce prize money for track and field gold medallists at the Paris Olympics.

AAP

Coe defends World Athletics’ move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold winners

World Athletics has broken 128 years of Olympic tradition by announcing it will give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the Games

The Guardian - UK

‘It seems crazy’: Josh Kerr unhappy with world indoor athletics prize money

Josh Kerr, the 3,000m world indoor champion, wants to see fresh investment as he exclaimed surprise that gold medallists in Glasgow earned $40,000

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe vows Enhanced Games athletes would be ‘banned for long time’

The World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hit out at plans for an Enhanced Games, that would allow athletes to take steroids

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World Athletics long jump plans will not solve the problem. Here is a better idea

A take-off zone, called an ‘April Fool’s joke’ by Carl Lewis, is a bad idea. But we need jeopardy. Why not make it a knockout?

The Guardian - UK

Kenya Mourns World Marathon Record Holder's Tragic Death

Kenya mourns the loss of world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum in a tragic car crash. Calls for better protection and support for athletes grow louder.

Top News

Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in road accident aged 24

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum has died in a road accident in Kenya at the age of 24. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kenya’s world-record marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash

Kiptum, who exploded onto the marathon scene in October, was the overwhelming favourite to win the Paris Olympics.

Al Jazeera

Marathon World Record-holder Kelvin Kiptum Killed In Car Crash In Kenya

Marathon world record-holder and Paris Olympic favourite Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in western Kenya, police said Monday.

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Kelvin Kiptum, men's marathon world record holder, dies in a car crash

World Athletics confirmed the 24-year-old died in his native Kenya alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.

Latin Times

Latin Women In Sports: Yulimar Rojas, a Source of Pride for Venezuelans and Latinos in General

After winning silver in Rio 2016, Rojas won the gold in Tokyo 2020

Evening Standard

Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat 'found with fatal stab wounds' as police launch murder hunt

Ugandan Olympic runner found in car with fatal stab wounds near training camp

Radio France Internationale

Athletics supremo Coe hits out at high ticket prices at Paris Olympics

Organisers of next year's Olympic Games in Paris were under pressure on Tuesday to reconsider the cost of tickets during the two-week extravaganza following a warning from top athletics administrator Sebastian Coe that high prices could leave embarrassing gaps in stadiums.

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Don't Let Athletes' Families Miss Out At Paris Olympics, Says Coe

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Monday that the tickets for the Paris Olympics are "expensive" and pleaded for the families of athletes to be given priority by organisers.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe fears fans and athletes could be priced out of 2024 Paris Olympics

The 67-year-old is concerned over sky-high costs to watch athletics at next summer’s Games.

The Guardian - UK

Coe sounds warning over Paris 2024 athletics prices with tickets up to €990

The World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has expressed concern over ticket prices for the Olympic Games next year, warning they will price out genuine fans

Evening Standard

Seb Coe criticises Paris Olympic bosses amid £595 ticket furore

Tickets start from as much as £595 for certain events

The Hindu

Lyles and Kipyegon named track athletes of the year

American sprinter Noah Lyles and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon were named the men’s and women’s track athletes of the year by World Athletics

Radio France Internationale

Afghanistan conflict precipitates Moscow 1980 Olympics boycott

Ancient Greek philosophers would surely have loved the irony: a politician positing a position with the hope of avoiding politicisation.

The Independent UK

Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as neutrals at Paris 2024 Olympics

Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to compete at the upcoming Olympic Games, although not under national flags

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