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Diamond League raises 2025 prize money to over Sh1bn

Mary Moraa

Kenya's Mary Moraa celebrates winning the women's 800m final at Brussels Diamond League in King Baudouin Stadium on September 13, 2024.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • The 2024 Diamond League season concluded in Brussels last weekend, with Zurich set to host the 2025 final. During the Brussels finale, six Kenyans won the trophies at the King Baudouin Stadium.
  • Paris Olympic medallists Beatrice Chebet, Faith Kipyegon, Faith Cherotich, and Emmanuel Wanyonyi all triumphed to lift their respective Diamond League trophies.

Annual multi-sport event Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than Sh1 billion in 2025, the highest in the history of the series, the organisers said Wednesday.

Following a decision by the Diamond League General Assembly on Sunday, the total amount of prize money paid throughout the season will increase to Sh1,192,329,600 next year, up from Sh52,906,400, paid out in the just concluded season.