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Things You Need to Know: Continental Cup

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DyeStatPRO.com   Sep 11th 2014, 1:42pm
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A Breakdown of How the Meet Works in 16 Points

By Scott Bush

The IAAF Continental Cup is this Saturday and Sunday in Marrakech, Morocco. Here are a few key things you need to know to enjoy the event that much more. 

  1. There are four teams: Team Africa, Team Americas, Team Asia/Pacific and Team Europe
  2. Team Americas consists of athletes from North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean nations
  3. Two athletes are entered in each event from each team
  4. Only one athlete from each country is allowed to represent a team
    (ex. Dawn Harper-Nelson reps the U.S., Lavonne Idlette reps DOM despite 11 other Americans having fasters seasonal bests)
  5. Individual Event Scoring: 1st (8 points), 2nd (7), 3rd (6), 4th (5), 5th (4), 6th (3), 7th (2), 8th (1)
  6. Relay Event Scoring: 1st (15), 2nd (11), 3rd (7), 4th (3)
  7. There are 20 events for both men and women (40 total)
  8. All men's and women's points are added up for one total team score
  9. $2.9 million in prize money is up for grabs
  10. Winners of events take home a cool $30k (individuals - relays make $30k to split between all four athletes)
  11. If a world record is broken, the athlete earns an additional $50k
  12. The 10k was replaced with a 3k - athletes are not allowed to double in the 3k/5k
  13. At the last Continental Cup in 2010, Team Americas narrowly beat Team Europe for the title, 422.5-417.0
  14. There are no multi and race walking events
  15. Marrakech, Morocco is the fourth largest city in the country with just over a million people
  16. It will be low-to-mid 90s during the day - athletes need to hydrate!



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