Track and field events will finally get underway today at this year\u2019s Paris Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Paris, France, after a three year wait.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There will be 48 events, consisting of 23 each for men and women, as well as two mixed events (the 4x400m mixed relay and the 35km mixed team race walk).<\/p>\n
Three venues will be used for the road events: Hotel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and finish of the marathon races and Pont d\u2019lena for race walks.<\/p>\n
Kenya, with a contingent of 53 athletes, is competing in 100m,400m,400h men as well as the 800m,1500m,3,000msc,5,000m,10,000m and marathon for both men and women and in 4x400m mixed relay.<\/p>\n
Kenya has also one javelin athlete, the only field event that the country will be participating in.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s track action Kenya will be competing in 1500m men heats,5000m women heats,4x400m mixed relay,800m heats women and the 10000m men\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
In the last edition in Tokyo 3 years ago, Kenya bagged both marathon gold and two gold in track events, 1500m women and 800m men.<\/p>\n
At the Paris Games, gold medal-winning athletes in the 48 track and field events will receive $50,000, approximately KSH 6.5 million, each from World Athletics for their accomplishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Relay teams will be awarded $50,000 .<\/p>\n
This will be the first time in history that prize money will be rewarded to gold medalists at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
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