LONDON 2017 will feature stars such as Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, David Rudisha — and a donkey derby of jogging journalists. Yes, Dip Finish can confirm a media race will take place during the afternoon break between sessions at the IAAF World Championships next August.
One year before the London Olympics, we asked the athletics competition manager if there would be an event for the press and we received a blank look. But London 2017’s managing director, Cherry Alexander, answered the same question last week with “definitely, why not?”
To be fair to London 2012, the Olympics never stages a media race, but it has proved popular at European and World Championships, usually over 800m.