Gabby Thomas and Faith Kipyegon headline the women’s only invitational that has a top prize of $60,000 for each of the athletes
After an enthralling 2024 track and field season, many athletes will end their campaign in the Big Apple at ATHLOS NYC on Thursday (September 26).
The women’s-only invitational was set-up by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to “help inspire the next generation” and the event, which takes place at the Icahn Stadium, is filled with big name signings.
A total of 36 athletes will compete ATHLOS NYC at and it will feature the 100m, 200m, 400m, 100m hurdles, 800m, and 1500m.
Two standout names are Gabby Thomas and Faith Kipyegon, who both won individual Olympic gold medals in Paris earlier this summer.
Gabby Thomas (Getty)
Thomas stood on the top of the 200m podium and was also part of the US women’s 4x100m and 4x400m gold medal winning quartets.
It meant Thomas left the French capital with an incredible three golds, an achievement that no track and field athlete matched at the Paris Games.
The 27-year-old hasn’t competed since then and ATHLOS NYC will be her only and last race after the Olympics this season.
Thomas, who partnered with Ohanian in the creation of ATHLOS NYC, says the meet is “literally going to be the track event of the year.”
Faith Kipyegon (Getty)
Kipyegon is another athlete who will generate huge headlines from the event.
The Kenyan became a triple Olympic 1500m champion in Paris and claimed silver in the 5000m.
A month beforehand, Kipyegon broke her own world 1500m record by seven hundredths of a second, running 3:49.04.
The 30-year-old is competing at ATHLOS NYC because she wants to “inspire women around the world” and believes “the combination of sport, fashion, and music will bring a lot of energy and excitement.”
As well as the action taking place on the track, fans will get to enjoy the spectacle off it as well.
Grammy Award winning artist Megan Thee Stallion will headline during the evening, D-Nice will DJ and each athlete will get their own walk-on song.
Faith Kipyegon in Brussels (Getty)
The prize pot is also incredibly attractive to athletes and is far higher than what they received in the Diamond League this season. For example, the prize pot for first place at ATHLOS NYC will be $60,000. You got $30,000 for winning an event in the Diamond League final at Brussels.
The purse for ATHLOS NYC is as follows: First place: $60,000; Second place: $25,000; Third place: $10,000; Fourth place: $8,000, Fifth place: $5,000;…
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