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Sebastian Coe leant on his Sheffield roots when describing the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship as a “blast furnace” to help cast and shape the future of the sport. Although for the athletes invited to take part, the more pressing matter is winning some of the hefty prize money.
BUDAPEST, Sept 10 : Had the World Athletics Ultimate Championship existed in his prime, Usain Bolt says he would have been first in line to compete, drawn not only by the chance to race the world's best but also by the richest prize pot in the sport's history.
Back in June 2024, two months before the Paris Olympics, there was an unexpected announcement by World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. Starting from 2026, there would be a new track and field season-ending finale, a deliberately elite three-day event with a record prize pot of $10 million, brazenly titled as the Ultimate Championship.
Aug 21 : Already one of athletics' biggest stars, Sweden's Mondo Duplantis is now providing the soundtrack too, with the double Olympic pole vault champion releasing the official anthem for World Athletics' inaugural Ultimate Championship.
Aug 20 : Sprinters will choose their own lanes, jump-offs will decide winners in the high jump and pole vault, and television viewers will get win probabilities and live fan feedback when World Athletics launches its new Ultimate Championship.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia, July 29 : More than a decade after Russia's athletics exile began, the country's athletes are losing motivation and falling behind international rivals, federation chief Boris Yaryshevsky said.
Russia's track and field federation says it has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a World Athletics ruling suspending its athletes from international events due to the war in Ukraine.
Russia's track and field federation says it has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a World Athletics ruling suspending its athletes from international events due to the war in Ukraine.