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$2.5 Million at Stake in SopotPublished by
Nearly US$2.5 Million at Stake in SopotPublished by IAAF on March 6, 2014 A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this weekend's IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot, Poland (7-9-March). As has become traditional, there is also a US$50,000 bonus for any athlete setting a world record during the three-day championships. The 2014 indoor season has already produced three world indoor records*: Genzebe Dibaba ran 1500m in 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 1 February and then reduced the 3000m mark to 8:16.60 in Stockholm, Sweden, five days later while Renaud Lavillenie improved the absolute pole vault world record to 6.16m in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 15 February. PRIZE MONEY** at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopot 2014 Individual events (total US$ 2,288,000): Relays per team (total US$176,000): World record bonus Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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