“Sometimes I actually need to get beaten to be a little bit disappointed to be able to rise to the occasion and um come back,” these were the words of wisdom to come from Jereem Richards about a month ago when the athlete first ran in the Grand Slam Track’s 200m event in Kingston. The result did not go the way he wanted it to, but the 31-year-old knew better than to lose spirit. The man gave the message that you got to fall to learn to stand back. Being a man of his word, Richard did exactly that in Miami and in what fashion !!!
When Jereem Richard took his mark on the men’s 200m track in the inaugural Grand Slam Track in Miami on May 2, the thought of avenging the loss in Kingston must have been a constant knock in his head. Donning the red Adidas vest and the black shorts, the 3x Commonwealth Games winner ran like the wind in the men’s 200m. The 31-year-old clocked a time of 19.86 seconds – the fastest anybody has recorded in 200m this year.
Interestingly, Alexander Ogando finished second with the same timing, registering as the second fastest in 2025 as of now. Both of them ran past Makanakaishe Charamba’s 19.99, which he recorded in the Tom Jones Memorial on April 18. Anyway, Banking 12 points, the next stop for Richards was the 400m on day 2. Taking his mark on the track against the likes of Jacory Patterson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, and many more, the 2022 world indoor champion needed a good performance for redemption.
Donning an all-red Adidas fit, Richard started storming down the sixth lane as soon as the cue to run came. “Jereem Richards has started the quickest, which he tends to do; he likes to get out hard in the 400 meters,” announced the commentator. Jacory Patterson, in an all black fit, made the fastest 200m runner of 2025 run extra fast. At one point in the race, Richard did take over the American runner. But Patterson had different plans.
Jacory Patterson makes a statement with a 400m world lead, and Jereem Richards wins the Grand Slam title with a second-place finish. @GrandSlamTrack | Peacock pic.twitter.com/W4VIL9WOS1
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) May 3, 2025
The commentator’s pitch went up as Jacory accelerated, getting ahead of everybody. While he screamed of the US athlete getting ahead, Patterson stormed for the win with a time of 43.98 seconds while Richard finished second with a time of 44.32 seconds. And the 31-year-old athlete wouldn’t be unhappy at all because this brings 8 more points to his bank. you know what that means? Jereem Richard in the Grand Slam Track Champion in the long sprint. The man walks home with 100k dollars.
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