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MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP)
MEMORABILIA FROM athletics stars Hicham El Guerrouj, Haile Gebrselassie and Asafa Powell earned the highest bids as US$30,000 (euro24,740) was raised in a fund-raising auction for United Nations charities.
The International Association of Athletics Federations said yesterday the money would be split evenly between children's charity UNICEF, the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization. The online auction ended Monday.
El Guerrouj's gold medal competition kit and bib number from his first global title - the 1,500-metre world indoor championship in 1995 - raised US$3,406.98 (euro2,810). It was the most raised by any individual item.
The second-highest was the US$2,443.01 (euro2,014) bid for Gebrselassie's framed 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games competition bib number.
Powell's right spike worn when he set the 100-metre world record of 9.77 seconds in Athens last June raised US$1,830.74 (euro 1,510).
