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Can athletics win a big audience outside the Olympics? The sport has less media coverage and prize money than many rivals. Three new projects are competing to raise its profile beyond the Games.

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: athletics, funding, athletes, media, author.sara germano, author.samuel agini, source.ft, paywall
https://www.ft.com/content/bea292f5-302a-444f-bb69-b2ca9cd682f4

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    battybattybat
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    The site is paywalled. Can anyone tell which sport(s) the article is about? Edit: I should have done a bit more research before making this comment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_of_athletics

    The site is paywalled. Can anyone tell which sport(s) the article is about?

    I don’t think there is a sport called “Athletics” but for me that’s what seems implied from the headline.

    Edit: I should have done a bit more research before making this comment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_of_athletics

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        Thank you, I’m sure it sounds silly to a lot of people but I did not realize athletics was a sport! I’m familiar with the specific events but probably would have grouped them all under “track and...

        Thank you, I’m sure it sounds silly to a lot of people but I did not realize athletics was a sport! I’m familiar with the specific events but probably would have grouped them all under “track and field” until today.

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