“We should create products for those people. We should have a Treadmill World Championship,” announced World Athletics’ chief executive officer Jon Ridgeon, unveiling a bold new concept aimed at runners who thrive indoors in 2024. Well, the definition of an athlete is clearly evolving, and athletics is now pushing into uncharted territory with the rise of the ‘virtual running scene.’ But Fred Kerley, an athlete who signed up with the Enhanced Games earlier this year, for one, might not be a fan!

Taking to his X handle, the athlete added a cryptic message, “ Y’all out here making treadmill titles while disrespecting world titles and Olympic medals. Every medal we earned came with pain, not WiFi. 💀 Pay athletes their worth.” He not only highlighted track and field’s long-standing pay

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