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World Athletics To Award Prize Money To Olympic Gold Medalists

World Athletics to award prize money to Olympic gold medalists at Paris 2024 Games, marking a significant shift in rewarding athletes.

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Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s epic Olympic rivalry explained: ‘I would have beaten him blindfolded’

Defending Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen fired a shot at ‘the Brit who never competes’ ahead of the ‘race for the ages’ on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

What is a Decathlon? Every Sport in the Event

It's hard enough to qualify for the Olympic Games in one event. How about qualifying for 10? That's essentially what Decathlon athletes are tasked with doing,

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Sebastian Coe lauds Neeraj Chopra for putting India on Olympics map

PARIS: World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe on Thursday lauded World and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra for putting India in the elite company of 100 nations who have won a gold in athletics at the Olympic Games.

The Times of India

Josh Kerr remains on Olympics mission and oblivious to Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s taunts

World 1500m champion Josh Kerr insists his rivalry with Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the last thing on his mind as he looks to back up that…

The National (Scotland)

Josh Kerr remains on mission and oblivious to Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s taunts

World Athletics president Lord Coe predicts a ‘race for the ages’ if they meet in the 1500 metres final in Paris.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe defends awarding of prize money in athletics at Paris Olympics

The World Athletics president also admitted climate change could force some endurance events to be moved.

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How Much Do Olympic Athletes Get Paid? Spoiler Alert: It’s Not A Lot

From Olympic medal bonuses to sponsorship deals and which Olympians are Australia's highest paid athletes, we're breaking it all down.

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Josh Kerr: Team GB’s 1,500m star looking to take down Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

The world champion’s rivalry with Norwegian star Ingebrigtsen is set to be one of the defining storylines of the Games

The Independent UK

Are there any transgender athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics?

Transgender athletes face heavier restrictions in a number of sports than during Tokyo 2020

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: DSD rules explained

The International Olympic Committee has introduced stricter restrictions on transgender athletes and those with DSD

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: How much money do athletes win for gold, silver and bronze?

Some athletes will be in line for monetary rewards at Paris 2024

The Independent UK

Olympic track and field winners will win more than eternal glory for the first time with $50,000 prize money: 'They deserve some skin in the game'

World Athletics's Sebastian Coe explained that the reward could ease the financial burden on families that support athletes in their foundational years.

Fortune

Paris Olympics: Has Abha Khatua missed selection due to hormone regulations?

BENGALURU: Did women's shot-put national record holder Abha Khatua miss out on a place in the Paris Olympics for having failed to meet World Athletics' Differences of Sex Development (DSD) regulations?

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The Conversation

Are running shoes getting too good? Why ‘technological doping’ is a growing concern for professional sports

Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe converge to battle it out for top honours at the Olympic Games. Athletes go through the rigours of qualification, competing through injury and travel fatigue, with a wide variety of weather conditions, in order to secure their spot on the…

The Conversation

Olympics: Senegal won silver in 1988 – why it’s never managed to repeat this feat

Since Senegal first competed in the Olympic Games in 1964, its success has been marked by a single medal, a feat achieved in 1988 by El Hadji Amadou Dia Bâ at the Seoul games. His remarkable performance in the 400m hurdles secured him a silver medal.

The Times of India

Indian shot putter Abha Khatua missing from World Athletics' Olympic list raises concerns

NEW DELHI: The absence of shot putter Abha Khatua from the Indian athletics team's list of Olympic participants has raised confusion and concern. Khatua, who qualified for the Paris Games through the world ranking route, is currently training in Poland with other track and field athletes. However, her name was…

The Times of India

Jyothi Yarraji looks to hurdle past obstacles in Paris

Having recovered from a nasty injury, 100m hurdler is hoping to get her personal best at the Olympics

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'Extremely Dangerous': Health Experts Slam Doping-friendly Enhanced Games

Athletes at the Paris Olympics later this month will be tested for performance-enhancing drugs, but at a competition plotting to rival the Games, doping will be the point.

The Times of India

Jyothi Yarraji set to be first Indian 100m hurdler in Olympics as World Athletics updates list of qualified athletes

NEW DELHI: Jyothi Yarraji is poised to become the first Indian 100m hurdler to participate in the Olympics, while shot putter Abha Khatua secured an unexpected spot through world rankings for the upcoming Paris Games.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe says Ukraine trip reaffirmed his Russian and Belarusian athletes stance

Coe praised the resilience of athletes he met at the country’s national championships, which also served as trials for this summer’s Paris Olympics.

The Independent UK

World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visits Ukraine and invites Zelenskyy to Olympic track meet

World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv over the weekend

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World Athletics President Invites Ukrainian President To Olympics

World Athletics President invites Ukrainian President to Olympics amidst conflict with Russia, supporting Ukrainian athletes. Zelensky's attendance uncertain.

The Independent UK

Olympic track and field seeing dollar signs with splashy cash infusions into the sport

Track and field athletes heading to the Paris Games will be competing not only for a gold medal but a first-prize check worth $50,000 that goes with it

The Guardian - US

Athing Mu’s fall exposed the self-defeating cruelty of the US Olympic trials

The defending 800m Olympic champion won’t defend her title after a stumble in a single race. Her absence is a needless wound for Team USA

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