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Athletes to get Sh5 million award for breaking world record

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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