Two-time Kip Keino Classic winner Camryn Rogers was one of six athletes who donated personal career items to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) during a special Heritage Lunch in Budapest, Hungary, held as part of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsRogers, winner of the Kenyan gold-label event in 2025 and 2026, donated the throwing glove she wore at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships, which saw her clinch her second successive World gold with a championship record of 80.51m.##NAJAVA_MECA_9981518##“Giving such a big part of ourselves and our career and our lives over to something that will be honoured and treasured and immortalised as being part of the history of sport is just an honour,” Rogers told World Athletics. “And for me to be standing up here and representing throws, and my sport, as a hammer thrower truly is a joy. It takes an entire village of people that allows us to do the thing that we love to do so much; that is the passion of so many of our lives,” the Canadian added.John Korir's punishing training regimen in bid to make history at Valencia MarathonJoining her in making the donations was American sprinter Masai Russell, who donated the shoes she wore during her remarkable 2026 season, one which earned her a 100m hurdles world record of 12.09 in Zurich on 27 August, while scooping the Diamond League title and the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest.Meanwhile, greats from the past, including Italian hurdler Eddy Ottoz, Polish hurdling legend Grażyna Rabsztyn, French sprinter Christine Arron, and Beijing 2008 Olympic 100m hurdles champion Dawn Harper-Nelson, also added their championship memorabilia to the collection.AK Boss reveals factors behind Kenya’s successful bid for 2029 World ChampionshipsWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe accepted the donations on behalf of MOWA, highlighting the importance of preserving not just the items, but the stories behind the objects that athletes choose to pass on.“The history of sport is not only about the past. It is the route to the future,” said Coe. “Heritage sits at the heart of everything we do, because it allows us to preserve the stories of those who have shaped our sport and share them with the generations who will come next.”World Athletics signs MOU with UNHCR furthering commitment to work with refugees
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