Ultimate Championship as big as Olympics - and more lucrative, says Bolt

Coe's ground-breaking move to award prize money to track and field gold medallists at the 2024 Paris Olympics ruffled some feathers.

Ultimate Championship as big as Olympics - and more lucrative, says Bolt (Photo: Citizen Digital)

Former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt arrives for a red-carpet event ahead of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship at the Gyula Zsivotzky National Athletics Centre in Budapest on September 10, 2026. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt claimed 19 global titles in a storied career, but he wishes the kind of prize money on offer at the Ultimate Championship from Friday had been available when he was competing.

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11 Sept 2026 · citizen.digital

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