We’re lower than per week away from one of the thrilling pre-Olympic qualification occasions: the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (on Feb. 3). Not solely will the highest three women and men have the chance to signify Group USA within the marathon on the 2024 Paris Olympics, they may even share a big portion of the USD $600,000 prize pool.
The winners of the lads’s and girls’s races will every take house $80,000, whereas the second and third-place finishers will obtain prizes of $65,000 and $55,000, respectively. The overall prize purse for Orlando 2024 has elevated by $120,000 from the $480,000 that was at stake within the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta 4 years in the past.
Past the highest three, the prize cash is distributed as follows: $25,000, $20,000, $15,000, $13,000, $11,000, and $9,000 for the fourth via ninth positions. The Tenth-place finisher will obtain $7,000. The 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will likely be broadcast reside on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock, with further protection on NBC at midday from Orlando. The NBC broadcast may even stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports activities app (subscription required).
Final yr, USATF and the Metropolis of Orlando organizing committee confronted some criticism once they initially introduced the race would begin at midday. Finally, after strain from athletes and coaches who had been involved concerning the warmth, the beginning time was adjusted to 10:10 a.m. ET for the lads and 10:20 a.m. for the ladies. There was additionally some scrutiny for not asserting prize cash earlier. In earlier editions, the prize purse was launched at the very least a yr earlier than the occasion.
In line with a Runners World article, brokers and coaches had feared that the dearth of reports concerning the prize purse indicated a possible discount in payouts for high finishers in comparison with earlier years, however that proved to not be the case.
Greater than 225 males and 173 ladies certified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Nonetheless, the full variety of members will likely be decrease, since solely 380 have registered. Because the registration deadline, a number of certified athletes have withdrawn attributable to damage or for different causes.
