World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival

Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 US prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for gold medallists.

World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival
Men's sprinters cross the finish line at the Olympics.

Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 US prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for gold medallists.