The World Indoor Track Championships were held a few weeks ago in Valencia, Spain. This was one of the last opportunities to see all the the world's elite athletes on the same stage until they meet again this summer in Beijing.
There were many notable performances, including a WR in the woman's 1500 with two Russian women taking the top two spots in the final.Yelena Soboleva ran a world record time of 3:57.71 to take home a total of $90,000 ($40,000 for first place and $50,000 for establishing the world record at the event) for running just under 4:00. That's about $6,000 an hour. Not bad for running track.
On the American side, the dominance that was seen at the 2007 outdoor championships in Osaka, Japan, wasn't on display in Valencia. As I've mentioned before, being an Olympic year, many of the top athletes are starting their seasons later in hope to hit the peak of their seasons at the Games this summer.
2 comments:
6 grand an hour isnt bad for anything
i cant wait to see the games this summer
pay me that kind of money and ill do anything.
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