The coaches will also receive medals at the World Cup in Budapest

The World Athletics Championships 2023 which starts the next day 19 at Budapest the first to give medals to coaches equivalent to athletes, who this time will be decorated with Statue of Liberty from the Hungarian capital.

This was announced this Tuesday by the organizers of the competition in a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of the medals. “Those in Budapest will be the first World Athletics Championships where not only the winners, but also their coaches will receive the same medal”, said Balázs Nemeth, president of the budapestino championship.

Another specialty is that the delivery of these decorations will not be done, as usual, at the stadium where the competitions are held, but at the baptistery. “Medal Square”, a space created especially for award ceremonies.

In that place, next to the stadium, the athletes can not only climb the podium but also maintain contact with the fans.

Engraved in copper alloy and covered in their respective layers of gold, silver and bronze, the medals, which are always delivered the day after the final, They weigh about a kilogram.

For doing this was used 140 kilograms of metal and those 450 meters of orange tape. Their cases are made using a special recycled paper.

To preserve the memory of the victorious athletes Budapest, “On one side of the medals is the Statue of Liberty, while on the back is the athletics stadium,” explained the secretary of Sports Status Hungarian, Adam Schmidt.

The silhouette of the stadium behind the medals forms a crown, referring to athletics as “the queen of sports,” he added.

The organizers announced that during the championship the city will offer a program of events, with concerts and recitals, as well as recreational activities for children and young people.