These would be the 4 places for Michael Johnson’s model new skilled observe league in 2025
Grand Slam Observe has confirmed the 4 cities that may host its Slams subsequent season, with each certainly one of them going down within the Americas.
Three of the websites shall be within the US – Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles – whereas the inaugural three-day meet will happen in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Jamaican capital will welcome among the finest observe athletes on the planet between April 4-6 on the Nationwide Stadium in Independence Park.
The meet in Kingston additionally happens just a few weeks earlier than the primary Diamond League subsequent season, which is in Xiamen on April 26.
The Nationwide Stadium in Jamaica has expertise of internet hosting unbelievable occasions, from the Racers Grand Prix and Jamaican Nationwide Championships to the ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Ladies Championships (higher often called ‘Champs’).
Champs in Kingston, Jamaica (Euan Crumley)
Grand Slam Observe will then make the journey to Miramar/Miami, with the three-day meet going down between Could 2-4.
The Ansin Sports activities Advanced in Miramar has a seating capability of over 5000 and it’s anticipated that organisers at Grand Slam Observe will add momentary seating to the venue.
The occasion in Miramar additionally happens on the identical weekend because the Miami Grand Prix, with the athletics complicated only a seven mile journey away from the Miami Worldwide Autodrome, the placement of the F1.
After that, Grand Slam Observe strikes to Philadelphia, with the 52,000 capability Franklin Subject internet hosting athletes between Could 30-June 1.
That point interval nestles neatly between the Rabat and Rome Diamond Leagues, which happen on Could 25 and June 6 respectively.
Franklin Subject is synonymous with the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest observe and discipline competitors within the US, hosted yearly since 1895.
Group Jamaica at 2010 Penn Relays (Getty)
Los Angeles is the fourth host metropolis for Grand Slam Observe however a date for that’s but to be introduced.
UK Athletics nonetheless won’t be taking over Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Observe subsequent season.
Jack Buckner, the governing physique’s chief government, had actually good discussions with Johnson about Grand Slam Observe however, for now, they simply need to see the way it goes.
“We all know sure issues about it and that appears fairly US-centric in the intervening time, which is ok,” Buckner mentioned. “So I feel we’re interested by sustainable, modern occasions and we’ll take a look at all of them. However they must be viable too. For those who don’t get occasions proper, you’ll be able to lose fairly some huge cash fairly rapidly, which is what occurred traditionally.
“So we’ll take a look at all these and see the core of it. The 1st step, get the Diamond League proper. We simply suppose there’s a great deal of potential in that to change into strongly worthwhile.”
Michael Johnson (Grand Slam Observe)
A complete of 32 athletes have signed up for Grand Slam Observe up to now: Ackera Nugent, Roshawn Clarke, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Melissa Jefferson, Masai Russell, Quincy Corridor, Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Grant Fisher, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Nikki Hiltz, Cyrena Samba-Mayela, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alison dos Santos, Ronald Kwemoi, Muzala Samukonga, Clement Ducos, Marileidy Paulino, Jess Hull, Daniel Roberts, Shamier Little, Marco Arop, Devon Allen, Jasmine Jones, Jereem Richards, Luis Grijalva, Rushell Clayton, Agnes Ngetich, and Tsigie Gebreselama.
All of those athletes shall be Racers which implies they compete in all 4 of the Slams and obtain an annual base compensation for competing in every one, in addition to being eligible for full prize cash.
At Grand Slam Observe there shall be 48 Racers each season. They are going to be assigned to compete in one of many following classes and can all race in two occasions throughout every Slam: brief sprints (100m/200m), brief hurdles (100m hurdles or 110m hurdles/100m), lengthy sprints (200m/400m), lengthy hurdles (400m hurdles/400m), brief distance (800m/1500m), or lengthy distance (3000m/5000m).
The total schedule of the 2025 Grand Slam Observe season:
Kingston – April 4-6
Miami – Could 2-4
Philadelphia – Could 30-June 1
Los Angeles – TBC
» Subscribe to AW journal right here, take a look at our new podcast right here or signal as much as our digital archive of again points from 1945 to the current day right here
The put up Kingston, Miami, LA and Philadelphia to host Grand Slam Observe appeared first on AW.