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Athletes to get Sh5 million award for breaking world record

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Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 5000m gold medal at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, on September 25, 2023. [Xinhua]

The government has introduced a new cash award scheme of Sh5 million for breaking a world record, whose first beneficiaries are Faith Kipyegon and Kelvin Kiptum.

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