Medals for World Championships Budapest unveiled

BUDAPEST: With 11 days to go until the competition begins, the organising committee of the Budapest 23 on Tuesday unveiled the medals that would be given to the winners of World Athletics Championships.

The event's organisers, who have already incorporated several distinctive features of the organisational work with the aim to ensure the medals are truly one-of-a-kind.

The design of the medals was decided with a focus on uniqueness and originality. Deviating from traditional medal designs, the emphasis was placed on representing the host country and capturing the essence of a sporting nation, the organisers informed in a release on Tuesday.

On one side of each medal, the central figure is the logo of the WCH Budapest 23: the Statue of Liberty atop Gellért Hill, a prominent and recognisable landmark in Budapest. IANS

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