2023 World Athletics Label Road Races
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The 2023 World Athletics Label Road Races are
road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance ac ...
competitions scheduled for 2023 that have met a certain standard for
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to include the race in its Label Road Races program. The list of races so labelled for the 2023 calendar year was released on . The list contained 238 races, nearly 20 more than in 2022, and included 14 Platinum Label, 38 Gold Label, 66 Elite Label, and 120 Label races. World Athletics stated that the additional funding afforded by the Label Road Races program would allow the
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to improve the system it uses to detect drug use in competitions.


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See also

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List of World Athletics Label marathon races This is a worldwide list of World Athletics Label Road Races marathon runs. Legend Race list Platinum Gold Gold/Elite/Label See also *World Athletics Label Road Races *World Marathon Majors References External linksList of marathons in ...
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World Marathon Majors The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races reco ...


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World Athletics Label Road Races World Athletics Label Road Races are races that the World Athletics (until 2019: ''IAAF'') designates as one of the "leading road races around the world." The classification was first introduced for the 2008 running season, upon the suggestion of ...
World Athletics Label Road Races Label Road Races