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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

'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.

International Business Times

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

The Independent UK

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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.

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Many sports are tightening their transgender policies – can inclusion co-exist with fairness, physical safety and integrity?

The inclusion of trans women athletes – women who were assigned male at birth – is one of the most controversial issues in world sports.

The Conversation

Extreme heat making summer Olympics ‘impossible’, athletes warn ahead of Paris

A group of Olympians collaborated with climate scientists and heat physiologists to assess the threat warming temperatures could pose for athletes.

The Independent UK

World Athletics launches new biennial championship

NEW DELHI: World Athletics announced the launch of a new three-day global championship starting in 2026 in Budapest, aimed at ensuring track and field maintains a global audience during the years between world championships.

The Times of India

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Coe warns potential drug cheats at Olympics that they ‘will not sleep easily’

Sebastian Coe has admitted the Paris Olympics this summer will not be drug free, but his fervent hope is that they will be cleaner than previous games

The Guardian - UK

‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile

Sebastian Coe’s description of the doctor’s record-breaking run in 1954 underlines its enduring significance 70 years later

The Guardian - UK

Olympic Sports Bodies Criticize World Athletics Prize Money

World Athletics' decision to offer ,000 for each track and field gold medal at Paris Olympics sparks debate on Olympic values and athlete rewards.

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Coe Divides Olympic Movement With Prize Money Move

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe's decision to award prize money to Olympic gold medallists may have been welcomed by athletes but the move has upset some of his fellow federation bosses and surprised seasoned observers of the Games.

International Business Times

Paris Olympics organisers mark 100-day countdown with sale of 250,000 tickets

Paris Olympics organisers launched the sale of 250,000 tickets on Wednesday as part of initiatives to mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony along the River Seine on 26 July.

Radio France Internationale

Track And Field Athletes To Receive Cash Prizes At Olympics

World Athletics introduces ,000 cash prize for track and field gold medalists at Paris Games, sparking discussions on financial rewards in Olympics.

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Coe’s $50,000 prize money move for athletes will damage the Olympics

It’s fair to say that the Olympic philosophy is not in a good shape – but is that a reason to give up on its values?

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On your marks, get set, dope! Welcome to the Enhanced Games – the sporting event no one wants

Athletes paid $1m to take enough performance-enhancing drugs to win records? Truly we get the TV sports we deserve, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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World Athletics To Award Prize Money To Olympic Gold Medalists

World Athletics introduces prize money for Olympic gold medalists in 2024 to recognize athletes' contributions. Mixed reactions from athletes and stakeholders.

The Hindu

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.

WEKU

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

AAP

Athletics to introduce prize money at Paris Olympics

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

The Guardian - UK

‘Mum fought like a tigress to stop me going into care’: Jason Wilsher-Mills on turning his childhood paralysis into art

At 11, the artist was struck with a condition that paralysed him from the neck down. His new exhibition recalls years of hospitals, family love, and fighting with cinema managers

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Rob Mcelhenney To Produce Documentary On Controversial Enhanced Games Event

Rob McElhenney to produce a documentary on the controversial Enhanced Games competition for athletes using performance-enhancing drugs.

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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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.

International Business Times

Kenya Bids Solemn Farewell To Marathon Sensation Kiptum

Top athletes and dignitaries joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral on Friday of Kenya's world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum in the nation's athletics heartland where he was born, trained and died.

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