Grand Slam Monitor have partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to carry stay protection to followers in Europe and Asia
Grand Slam Monitor might be obtainable to look at within the UK and Eire on TNT Sports activities following a brand new partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Beginning on April 4-6, when the primary Slam will happen in Kingston, TNT Sports activities will broadcast the league for UK and Irish viewers, whereas Eurosport will present the protection for audiences in Europe and Asia.
The multi-year deal is ready to carry Michael Johnson’s progressive elite monitor league to a global viewers, as followers will be capable of watch Olympic medallists and world champions compete from across the globe.
By way of the partnership, each occasion on the 2025 calendar might be obtainable to stream stay and on-demand on Max and discovery+.
Scott Younger, Group SVP Content material, Manufacturing and Enterprise Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports activities Europe, stated: “We’re notably enthusiastic about this new progressive format for a much-loved sport. Monitor stays the king of Olympics sports activities, persistently attracting the biggest audiences by way of nail-biting races and intense athletic performances from a number of the largest personalities in sport.
Michael Johnson (Grand Slam Monitor)
“Our ambition to proceed telling the inspiring tales of those athletes between Olympic cycles is matched by Michael Johnson and the Grand Slam Monitor competitors. We will’t wait to work in partnership to scale protection of this thrilling new world-class athletics competitors to followers all around the globe by way of our premium channel and platform portfolio.”
Grand Slam Monitor will characteristic 24 races throughout 12 occasion teams, together with sprints, distance, and hurdles, with two hours of stay protection produced by the host broadcaster at every occasion.
The league will host 4 main “Slams” in 2025, happening in Kingston, Jamaica (Nationwide Stadium), Miami, Florida (Miramar’s Ansin Sports activities Complicated), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Franklin Subject), and Los Angeles, California (Drake Stadium).
A complete of 96 athletes will compete, together with 48 Grand Slam Monitor Racers who earned a complete of 34 Olympic medals on the Paris 2024 Video games, as they face off towards 48 challengers.
Daryll Neita (Getty)
Among the world’s prime athletes anticipated to compete embody Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Quincy Corridor, Josh Kerr, Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Zharnel Hughes, Indirect Seville, Nickisha Pryce, and Ackera Nugent in addition to world superstars like Japan’s Nozomi Tanaka and France’s Sasha Zhoya, Clément Ducos, and Cyréna Samba-Mayela.
Michael Johnson, CEO & Commissioner of Grand Slam Monitor, stated: “We’re delighted to associate with our buddies at Warner Bros. Discovery to carry Grand Slam Monitor to followers throughout Europe and Asia. Since our launch, we’ve had an enormous quantity of help from our nice followers on these continents.
“We got down to guarantee our broadcasts have been simply accessible for followers around the globe, and needed to ensure our Racers had a platform on which they may carry out, entertain, and develop their fanbases. This deal ensures that’s actuality, and we are able to’t wait to get began in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 4th.”
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