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Author:\u00a0Stephen Rutto<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Top athletes will earn less in this year’s London Marathon as effects of Covid-19 continue to hit the sports world.<\/p>\n

Organisers of the October 4 race say the prize money has been cut by nearly half of what was offered last year.<\/p>\n

With only 17 days to the 40th edition of the\u00a0London Marathon, the announcement comes as a shocker for marathoners who are just returning to the sport after months of heavy lockdowns.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, for the first time there will be a separate prize pool for the best performing British athletes for the London clash that will present the scintillating clash between the world\u2019s fastest marathoners – Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele.<\/p>\n

The elite men\u2019s race will see one of the most eagerly anticipated clashes in marathon history with Kipchoge going head-to-head with Bekele, the man who came within two seconds of his world record last year in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Organisers link the slashing of the multi-million prize money to the current financial turmoil from the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Last year, organisers issued $313,000\u00a0 (Sh33,491,000) prize money for top finishers and an additional $850,000 (Sh90,950,000) for time bonuses.<\/p>\n

Kipchoge pocketed $42,000 (Sh4.2 million) for winning last year\u2019s race but in next month\u2019s race, he will pocket less.<\/p>\n

Explaining the decision to reduce the prize fund,\u00a0London Marathon\u2019s head of elite athletes, Spencer Barden, said reduction of the prize money was not an easy decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done this year is reduce the price structure for the international runners by almost 50 per cent from previous years. However, we\u2019ve also created a British-only place prize structure this year \u2013 so the top three British athletes will have prizes solely for them,\u201d said Barden.<\/p>\n

London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher promised the world a special race despite the change of course as a result of the\u00a0Covid-19 pandemic\u00a0that necessitated the running of the race in a biosecure bubble in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year will be one of the best ever. We know this course is fast and the athletes are excited about showing us what they can do. But what we are also doing with this event is to also highlight this amazing sense of community and togetherness,\u201d said Brasher.<\/p>\n

The races will take place on a closed-loop circuit around St James\u2019s Park in central London.<\/p>\n

British Mo Farah who just last month broke the one-hour world record on a remarkable return to track will be pacing to help his compatriots run under 2:11:30, the Olympic qualifying time in the special 19.6-lap circuit around St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

In the elite women\u2019s race, defending champion and world record holder Brigid Kosgei of Kenya will return alongside her compatriots’ world champion Ruth Chepngetich, 2018 London marathon winner and 2019 runner-up Vivian Cheruiyot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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