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World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest

Overview

The inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship is taking place from September 11 to 13, 2026, at the Gyula Zsivotzky National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary. This biennial ‘super-final’ features 381 elite athletes, including Olympians and world champions, competing for a $10 million prize pool, with $150,000 awarded to each event winner.

As the competition approaches, Greek athletes Miltos Tentoglou and Emmanouil Karalis are highlighted among the key competitors. Karalis is scheduled for the pole vault on Friday at 21:08, while Tentoglou is set to compete in the long jump on Saturday at 20:44. In the men’s pole vault, Karalis enters with the second-best performance of the year at 6.20m. However, the participation of pole vault world record holder Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis remains uncertain due to injury.

Other notable participants in the pole vault include Sam Kendricks, Chris Nilsen, and Zakarias Brafford. Tentoglou, who was recently voted Europe’s top track and field athlete for August, enters the competition following a successful Diamond League season.

Athletics legend Usain Bolt has endorsed the event, serving as an ambassador to help increase media exposure and excitement. Bolt highlighted that the $150,000 prize per champion is “more than double the reward for a World Championship title,” noting that such incentives encourage athletes to perform at their highest level. The championship is designed to serve as a season finale and is scheduled to occur every four years during years without Olympic Games or outdoor World Championships.

Entities

World Athletics · Budapest · Miltos Tentoglou · Tobi Amusan · Emmanouil Karalis

Timeline

about 21 hours ago

[SPORTS] 2 sources
Usain Bolt endorses inaugural Ultimate Championships in Budapest
Usain Bolt has endorsed the debut of the Ultimate Championships in Budapest, a new quadrennial athletics event featuring high prize money to boost the sport's media profile.
3 days ago

[SPORTS] 6 sources
Tentoglou and Karalis compete in Budapest Ultimate Championship
Greek stars Miltos Tentoglou and Emmanouil Karalis compete in the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, vying for major titles and a share of a $10 million prize pool.
5 days ago

[SPORTS] 2 sources
Tentoglou and Karalis to compete in inaugural Ultimate Championship
Greek athletes Miltos Tentoglou and Emmanouil Karalis will compete in the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest this September, a new World Athletics event featuring $10 million in total prizes.
5 days ago

[SPORTS] 18 sources
Budapest to host inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship
The inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship will be held in Budapest from September 11-13, 2026, featuring an elite field of champions competing for a US$10 million prize pool.
11 days ago

[SPORTS] 3 sources
Budapest to host inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship
Budapest will host the first World Athletics Ultimate Championship in September 2026, featuring elite athletes and a $10 million prize pool, with Mondo serving as the official equipment supplier.
18 days ago

[SPORTS] 4 sources
World Athletics Ultimate Championship confirms elite athlete invitations
Elite athletes, including Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, have received exceptional invitations to the 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, alongside a strong Nigerian contingent.

Sources

arcodelsur.com · athletics.com.au · blueprint.ng · cope.es · cyprus-mail.com · deutschlandsuchtdensuperstar.de · fortunegreece.com · gazzetta.gr · gipedo.politis.com.cy · hoy.com.do · ilgiornaledellosport.net · ilialive.gr · iltalehti.fi · istaf.de · larissanet.gr · newsfeed.zeit.de · newsroom.co.nz · newziana.co.zw · nigeriasoccernet.com · oasport.it · olympiobima.gr · paixebala.gr · podisti.net · runningmagazine.ca · sportal.bg · sportface.it · sportfocus.com · sports247.my · sports247.ng · thegazette.news · tz-online.de · volksfreund.de

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