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Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track League (GST) is trying to change that. The concept is simple: change the sport from something that people care about once every four years to one that drives ...
Keeping track at the forefront of a crowded sports calendar is the goal of Grand Slam Track, a league founded by Johnson that’s set to begin its inaugural season this weekend in Kingston ...
At least Michael Johnson believes it will be. The inaugural season of the new Grand Slam Track league that the U.S. sprinting legend is spearheading gets underway April 4-6 in Kingston ...
Michael Johnson and Steve Gera were having lunch at Soho House in Malibu two years ago, looking out over the Pacific Ocean, when they first sketched out a plan for what would become Grand Slam Track.
“That’s the void that has existed in the sport,” Johnson tells CNN Sports’ Amanda Davies, “and we’re filling it with Grand Slam Track.” Spearheaded by the four-time Olympic ...
Olympic and World champion American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks the tape in a time of 52.76 seconds to take the women’s 400m hurdles on Day One of the inaugural Grand Slam Track ahead of ...
MICHAEL Johnson is heralding the start of a new era when Grand Slam Track debuts in Jamaica tonight. And with unrivalled prize money attracting many of the sport’s biggest names, including GB ...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated in her first race of 2025, taking the 400m hurdles on the debut day of the Grand Slam Track series in Kingston, Jamaica. She clocked 52.76 seconds, prevailing by ...
Olympic 200m gold medalist Gabby Thomas joined the first group of Grand Slam Track champions after running a personal best 400m on Saturday in Kingston, Jamaica. Thomas’ runner-up in the 400m on ...
Britain's Olympic medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith won $100,000 (£77,500) on Saturday after victory in the 200m at the inaugural Grand Slam Track in Kingston, Jamaica. The English sprinter's 200m ...