News13 Dec 2007


Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2008

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Jeremy Wariner powers to the finish in Berlin in 2007 (© Getty Images)

MonteCarloIn 2008, there will be TEN Golden League event disciplines designated to the Jackpot, six events for men and four for women, as follows:

Men: 100m, 400m, 1500m, 400m Hurdles, Long Jump, Javelin Throw

Women: 200m, 800m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump

IAAF President Lamine Diack said: “With three new disciplines for men and two for women in 2008, our goal is to provide an attractive range of events which will help us to promote some of the most exciting talents in our sport.”

 

 

 Athletics’ biggest yearly payday - Golden League Jackpot

 The prize - $1 Million

 The requirement - ‘6 out of 6’

 

The annual drama that is the season long campaign to claim the $1 Million Jackpot offered by the Golden League continues in 2008 with its ‘winner takes all’ ethos which was reintroduced in 2007.

Athletes are required to win at all six meetings in the series to acquire at least a share of athletics’ biggest yearly payday.

The possibility of a secondary prize also exists as it did in 2007:

To sustain the active participation in the Jackpot of as many athletes as possible through to the culmination of the series, should NO athlete manage to attain six wins and claim the $1 Million, then anyone with five victories will share half the original prize - $500,000.

NOTE. this secondary prize is only on offer should nobody win his or her event at all six meetings.

Cities and Dates for 2008 - Golden League

Berlin, GER – Sunday 1 June
Oslo, NOR – Friday 6 June
Rome, ITA – Friday 11 July
Paris, FRA – Friday 18 July
Zürich, SUI – Friday 29 August
Brussels, BEL – Friday 5 September

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