Track and field athletes, despite their incredible performances on the world stage, often face a huge pay disparity compared to stars in sports like basketball and football. While champions like Noah Lyles and Julien Alfred earn through prize money,

The Diamond League athletics circuit will increase prize money to record highs as it looks to compete with plans for track and field competitors. The racing league awards prizes and points for wins around the world across track and field disciplines with the season-ending finale seeing the best competitors fight for a larger prize purse.

The Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than $9 million in 2025, the highest in the history of the series, the organisers said on Wednesday. Athletes will make a total of $18 million,

The Diamond League track and field series is set to increase its prize money next season, World Athletics said Wednesday. The announcement comes as the World Athletics president Sebastian Coe bids to become president of the International Olympic Committee.

The Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than $9 million in 2025, the highest in the history of the series, organizers said.

The Diamond League will offer record prize money to athletes in 2025 as World Athletics’ flagship series looks to ward off the threat of Grand Slam Track. Michael Johnson’s upstart venture will launch next year and has already recruited some of athletics’ biggest names,