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The Big 5 City Marathons, World Champs and Olympics Unite Under One Umbrella
"Yesterday the "Big 5" city marathons (Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and New York) and the IAAF World Marathon Championships and Olympic Games Marathon became the "World Marathon Majors" and a "World Marathon Major Series" was launched that will reward a $500,000 prize to the top ranked male and female marathoners in these races over the previous two years.
The concept of the series is simple. Athletes will receive points for their finish places in the major marathons (25 points for first, 15 for second, 10 for 3rd, 5 for 4th, and 1 for 5th). Add up their points for their 4 best performances over the two previous years and the athlete of each sex with the most points wins the "World Marathon Major Series" and the $500,000 bonus that goes along with it. It's not quite that simple though as athletes are required to run at least one race each year."
Lontoon maran bossi Dave Bedford sanoi taannoin:
"We have one thing that no other sports have. We can line our Olympic champions, our world record holders, our last year's winner up alongside Joe Public. They are competing at the same race. They are competing at the same time. They are treated in the same way. They understand each other. If you see one of our absolute champions, talking to someone who finishes in six or seven hours, they both have been through the same thing and they both understand what they'll talking about. No other sport can do that. That, I think, is the magic of our event."
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500. kävijä, pois lukien Nokian insinöörit joita ei lasketa kädellisiin, rantautui tänne tänään kello 8.37:47.
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