Michael Johnson said back in March 2025, “There are 2.5 billion people around the world who are interested in running or watching track or watching running, watching people race, but we just haven’t had a home for the fastest athletes to deliver that, and package it in a way that is familiar to people from what they see during the Olympics, because you’ve got, you know, millions of people watching during the Olympics.” Safe to say the four-time olympian might have found it, the perfect thing for both the fans and athletes until the Olympics comes back.
Grand Slam Track in its three days has shown some of the most thrilling races in a completely new, different format. The first two days witnessed Gabby Thomas clinched the women’s 400m title, becoming the first Grand Slam champion. Kenny Bednarek continued his dominant run by capturing both the 100m and 200m races in the short sprint group. What of day 3?
6th April 2025 – Michael Johnson’s brainchild’s third and final day. The very last day of Grand Slam Track’s grand debut in Kingston. Once again, the elite and not-so-elite athletes showed up at Kingston National Stadium, where the statues of Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Asafa Powell, Arthur Win, and many more Jamaican athletes watch. The final day – when many new slam champions were to be crowned. So who won what? What of Sydney McLaughlin ruling the event? Did she do it?
Sydney Mclaughlin does it again
Sydney McLaughlin closed out the Grand Slam Track with a bang. After the win in 400mH on April 5th, she went for it again the very next day. The olympian with a controlled 50.32 400mH in her second race of the weekend now walks home with a bag of 100k and her first Slam title. Andrenette Knight came second with 52.09, and Dalilah Muhammad clocked 52.21.
Another disappointment for Josh Kerr
Wanyonyi, at just 20 years of age, stormed to victory in 3:35.18 on day 2 of Grand Slam Track delivering upsets to the likes of Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Josh Kerr in the final stretch. Even though Nuguse made it to number and hocker to number thee, Kerr finished at a disappointing five. It did not get better for him on day 3.
The story is developing…
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