World Marathon Majors

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The World Marathon Majors is a championship style competition that will start in 2006 including the New York City, Boston, Chicago, London and Berlin marathons. The championship will also include Olympic and world-championship marathons. Athletes who compete in the delegated marathons will receive points for each race (1st 25; 2nd 15; 3rd 10; 4th 5 and 5th 1). Their four best performances over a two year period will be counted and the leading man and woman will both win $500,000. Each two year period will overlap with the first covering 2006 and 2007 while the second series will cover 2007 and 2008.

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