Botswana Golden Grand Prix winners to get P64,000

The event previously known as Gaborone International Meet (GIM) will be held on April 29 at the National Stadium. This is the first of the three editions of the World Athletics Continental Tour Golden Grand Prix in Botswana.

GIM was elevated from bronze status to gold by athletics' global governing body this year, thus becoming a world continental tour and one of the only two tours hosted in Africa.

The event is to become the biggest athletics competition in the country and winners are set to walk away with a handsome paycheck. The second prize is set at $3,000 (P38,000) and the bronze medal place is $2,000 (P25,000). The fourth-place finishers will be awarded $1,400 (P18,000), fifth place is $1,200 (P15,000), and sixth and seventh-placed will walk away with $1,000 (P12,000) and $800 (P10,000) respectively, while the eighth-placed finisher will take home $600 (7,000). The events vary from 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 3000SC, 400m hurdles, long jump, and shot put for men.

For the women’s section, the events are 100m, 200m, 800m, long jump, and shot put. The Botswana Golden Grand Prix is organised by local sports agency, Golden Door Sports Agency.