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Kenya’s multiple world champion Hellen Obiri’s Boston Marathon-winning singlet has been inducted into the World Athletics’ Heritage Collection.

The collection, among other artefacts, will be displayed in the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA). Obiri’s singlet has been inducted into the 2023 collection alongside artefacts from USA’s Frank Shorter’s t-shirt, who is a two-time Olympic champion and Munich 1972 gold medallist and Italy’s Athens 2004 winner Stefano Baldini’s pair of shoes.

Outfits of 1991 decathlon world record breaker O’Brien, alongside items from World Athletics Council Member Sylvia Barlag, who set a heptathlon world record in 1979 (trophy and two pairs of spikes), are among the annual intakes into MOWA.

Kipyegon’s exhibits

Meanwhile, artefacts from Faith Kipyegon, a double world breaker in the 2023 season, will go on exhibit. Kipyegon’s spikes, along with a singlet and spike shoe from USA’s Grant Holloway, who won his third world 110m hurdles title in Hungary, are the items that go on exhibit.

Kipyegon’s spikes were donated to MOWA by World Athletics’ Technical Services Manager, Sandrine Prokopowicz. During the World Athletics Championship in August, immediately after her victory in the 5000m, Kipyegon took her shoes off and gave them to Prokopowicz, who in turn donated them to the museum.

Further items are hammer throw glove gifts from Hungary’s Bence Halasz, a bronze medalllist, and a singlet from USA’s shot putter, Joe Kovacs.

Other items collected from acts of kindness include a singlet from Anjelina Lohalith. Lohalith is an experienced athlete from the refugee team who donated the singlet from the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in February 2023. Of note, that was the first-ever international victory for any member of the refugee team.

Museum launch

A total of 30 artefacts from 23 athletes will enter the 3D museum when the World Athletics Museum launches it in 2024.

Some of the clothing, shoes, equipment, and trophies donated this year were exhibited in a five-month-long MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition in Budapest, which celebrated four decades of the World Athletics Championships.

New additions to MOWA are currently on display at World Athletics offices in Monaco, and some are expected to be exhibited for one month at the MOWA Indoor Athletics Exhibition in Glasgow before the World Athletics Indoor Championships in the city.