World Athletics announces new global competition with record prize fund

World Athletics has announced a caller world title to commencement successful 2026 which will characteristic nan biggest prize money successful nan sport’s history.

The World Athletics Ultimate Championship will spot world champions, Olympic champions, Diamond League winners and nan year’s starring athletes spell up against each different while representing their nationalist teams.

The arena will person a $10m (£7.87m) kitty pinch golden medallists receiving $150,000 (£118,000).

Competition will return spot complete 3 evening sessions and will see sprints, mediate and long-distance races, relays, jumps and throws.

World Athletics says it will beryllium "the eventual play finale" and will beryllium a "thrilling and fast-moving caller format for athletics".

Budapest, which staged past year’s World Championship, will big nan inaugural arena from 11-13 September 2026 - and it will beryllium held each 2 years aft that pinch big cities to beryllium decided.

"With only nan champion of nan champion connected show and cutting consecutive to semi-finals and finals, we will create an contiguous unit to execute for athletes," said World Athletics president Lord Coe.

"The World Athletics Ultimate Championship will beryllium precocious connected action and excitement for fans, mounting a caller modular for way and section events.

"Featuring athletics’ biggest stars, it will beryllium a must-watch world sports arena and intends way and section will big a awesome world title successful each azygous year, ensuring for nan first clip that athletics will bask a infinitesimal of maximum assemblage scope connected an yearly basis."