USATF’s budget for the event is $15,000.
The first time Scott Traer earned a spot on the U.S. squad for the 24-Hour World Championships, he had to turn it down. It was 2013, and USA Track & Field wasn’t paying travel expenses for the athletes.at the 2021 Desert Solstice in Phoenix—Traer ran 152.363 miles in 24 hours—he was again offered a spot on the team this year for the World Championships, which will be held December 2–3 in Chinese Taipei. The U.S.
His teammates agree. Aly Allen first qualified for the team in 2015, and she had individual sponsors at that time who helped pay her travel. Now, she lives on Barbados with her husband and three young daughters, and she works part time, researching Saharan dust that travels to the island. Her husband works for the local meteorological institute. The travel expenses will be a big hit to the family budget.
“As a country, we want to send our best athletes to the world championships, not just the best athletes who can afford to go,” he said. “While World Athletics [WA] recognizes these disciplines under its patronage, the respective Championships are not currently part of the World Athletics Series,” Aarti Parekh, a USATF spokesperson, wrote in an email to. “If, and when, WA so recognizes the sport, USATF will move forward with the full funding of MUT international teams.”
What rankles with the MUT athletes is that Nike is the sponsor of all the international teams for USATF, so athletes wear the Nike uniform during athlete competition. This is the same way it works for events on the track—if an athlete has a sponsorship from New Balance and they make the Olympic team, they wear a Nike uniform during competition.
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