Grand Slam Observe’s Kingston Slam Involves a Shut with 12 Slam Champions

$1.2 million in prize cash was delivered to the 12 Slam Champions of the Inaugural Grand Slam Observe Slam in Jamaica this weekend. Following the crowning of 4 champions on Saturday, eight extra rivals cemented their names in Grand Slam Observe historical past on Sunday, the ultimate day of competitors at Nationwide Stadium.

The thrilling afternoon of racing ended with Olympic champion and world document holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the USA doing what she does finest: successful. McLaughlin-Levrone, the primary Racer signed to Grand Slam Observe, was the ultimate Slam Champion topped on the sequence’ first cease of the season. She swept the Girls’s Lengthy Hurdles Race Group by ending first within the flat 400m race immediately and successful the 400m Hurdles on Friday night time. McLaughlin-Levrone’s successful 400m time of fifty.32 was almost two seconds forward of Andrenette Knight of Jamaica who completed second.

It regarded as if the Males’s Lengthy Distance Group was headed for an upset till American Grant Fisher moved into third place with 200m to go within the 3000m. Fisher’s third place end on this race and his victory in Friday’s 5000m meant the 2024 double-Olympic bronze medalist turned Slam Champion, successful the Race Group by only one level over Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia who received the race in 7:51.55.

Melissa Jefferson-Wood received each races within the Girls’s Brief Sprints to earn the title of Slam Champion in that Race Group. Jefferson-Wood, the Olympic 100m bronze medalist from the USA, edged previous Jenna Prandini within the last meters of the 200m to win in 23.46.

In a rematch of the 2024 Olympic 800m, gold medalist Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya couldn’t maintain off silver medalist Marco Arop of Canada. Arop received the race in 1:45.13. However Wanyonyi’s second place end coupled together with his victory within the 1500m on Saturday was sufficient to make the Challenger the Slam Champion within the Males’s Brief Distance Race Group.

France’s Sasha Zhoya cruised to victory within the 100m flat in 10.55, turning into the Slam Champion within the Males’s Brief Hurdles Race Group. Zhoya was the runner-up in final night time’s 110m hurdles.

Ejgayehu Taye was the second Ethiopian to turn out to be a Slam Champion. Taye, a Challenger, handed Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich on the ultimate lap of the 5000m after Ngetich led your entire race. Her 14:54.88 victory accomplished her sweep of the Girls’s Lengthy Distance Race Group.

Within the Males’s Lengthy Hurdles Race Group, Alison dos Santos of Brazil needed to come from behind to win the 400m flat to comb the weekend’s races. The 2-time Olympic bronze medalist took the victory in 45.52 with a lean on the end, defeating Chris Robinson of the USA by simply .02 seconds. Dos Santos additionally received the 400m Hurdles race on Friday night time.

The day of competitors kicked off with an enormous increase for the hometown crowd. Along with her victory within the 100m flat, Jamaica’s Danielle Williams received the Girls’s Brief Hurdles Race Group. In truth, Jamaican athletes took first and second within the race with Williams successful in 11.54 simply .03 over Ackera Nugent. Williams was the primary athlete from the host nation to turn out to be a Slam Champion. She was additionally the primary Challenger to take down the Racers in a Race Group.

All Slam Champions win $100,000. The second of 4 Slams this season shall be held in Miami on Might 2-4. The entire record of Grand Slam Observe Kingston Slam Champions is under.

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