Gebrselassie's $1 million at Doha yesterday was almost twice as big a payday as any previous in athletics.
Ironically previous record was for another Ethiopian setting a 10km "world record"- Addis Abebe at Jakarta in Jan '93 scored $25K for 1st place and $500K bonus. Gabriela Szabo has women's best of $525,000 at Berlin in '99, a combination of Grand Prix Final award plus share of Golden League jackpot. Geb in '98 earned $433,333 for a similar breakdown. For comparison the prize money awards for Khannouchi and Radcliffe at London Marathon this year were a "paltry" $255,000
