Grand Slam Observe has introduced the schedule for the Miami Slam (Could 2-4).
The assembly in Miami is the second of 4 Slams in 2025, with Kingston having kicked off the sequence originally of April and Philadelphia/Los Angeles nonetheless to return.
The ladies’s quick hurdles (100mH) is the primary occasion on the opening day in Miramar and it’s rounded off by the ladies’s lengthy sprints (400m).
Like in Kingston, the space races shall be staggered, with a day’s break between the 3000m and 5000m. The lads tackle 3000m/5000m on day one and three respectively, with the order switched for the ladies.
The second day begins with the ladies’s lengthy hurdles (400mH) whereas the ladies’s quick sprints (200m) completes the motion.
Kenny Bednarek (Grand Slam Observe)
The lads’s quick sprints (200m) brings the curtain down on the final day in Miramar.
The winner of every of the 12 teams will take dwelling $100,000 in prize cash and the eighth place competitor will earn $10,000. Grand Slam Observe has a complete of $12.6m in prize cash awarded throughout the Slams every year along with the bottom compensation paid to Racers and look charges paid to Challengers.
The Grand Slam Observe Racers embrace: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson, Masai Russell, Alexis Holmes, Quincy Corridor, Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Grant Fisher, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Ackera Nugent, Roshawn Clarke, Nikki Hiltz, Cyréna Samba-Mayela, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alison Dos Santos, Ronald Kwemoi, Muzala Samukonga, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Clément Ducos, Indirect Seville, Sasha Zhoya, Marileidy Paulino, Jess Hull, Daniel Roberts, Shamier Little, Marco Arop, Devon Allen, Jasmine Jones, Jereem Richards, Luis Grijalva, Rushell Clayton, Nickisha Pryce, Elise Cranny, Nozomi Tanaka, Salwa Eid Naser, Daryll Neita, Mary Moraa, Agnes Ngetich, Caleb Dean, Diribe Welteji, Freddie Crittenden, Brittany Brown, Zharnel Hughes, & Tsige Gebreselama.
Six Challengers for the Miami Slam have been introduced to date and they’re Amber Anning, Anna Corridor, Andre De Grasse, Timothy Cheruiyot, Kendra Harrison and Claudia Hollingsworth.
Amber Anning (Getty)
In Miami, Anning will go head-to-head as soon as once more with Holmes within the Lengthy Dash class (200m/400m), holding the British indoor 200m report of twenty-two.60 and a British report of 49.29 within the 400m. Holmes is a confirmed Grand Slam Racer, already competed within the opening meet in Kingston (April 4–6), the place she positioned fourth total.
The ladies’s lengthy sprints in Miami will even function Racers Salwa Eid Naser, Marileidy Paulino, Nickisha Pryce, and Gabby Thomas. Nevertheless, Thomas has hinted at presumably switching occasions all through the Slam sequence, so her precise race choice in Miami stays unsure.
Becoming a member of the Challenger ranks alongside Anning are 5 different athletes introduced in the present day. Amongst them is American multi-event star Anna Corridor, who will sort out each the 400m flat and 400m hurdles. Corridor, the 2023 World Championship silver medallist within the heptathlon, hasn’t raced both occasion since June 2023.
Canada’s Andre De Grasse, a seven-time Olympic medallist, can be confirmed for Miami. He’ll compete within the males’s quick sprints (100m/200m), dealing with a subject of Racers that embrace Kenny Bednarek, Fred Kerley, Zharnel Hughes, and Indirect Seville—all eyeing the $100,000 prime prize.
Timothy Cheruiyot leads in Monaco (Getty)
The lads’s quick distance class (800m/1500m) will see Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot problem. The previous world champion within the 1500m, who boasts a powerful 1:43.11 private finest within the 800m, will problem a stacked line-up that includes Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Marco Arop.
The opposite Challenger bulletins embrace America’s hurdler Kendra Harrison and Australia’s rising star Claudia Hollingsworth. Harrison, the previous 100m hurdles world record-holder (12.20), will launch her 2025 season within the quick hurdles class (100mH/100m).
In the meantime, 19-year-old Hollingsworth, a flexible risk throughout the 800m and 1500m, will line up in opposition to an elite subject together with Mary Moraa, Jess Hull, Nikki Hiltz, and Diribe Welteji. Hollingsworth made headlines at simply 17 by changing into the Oceanic 1500m champion, and she or he’s continued to impress ever since.
Day One – Could 2
Day Two – Could 3
Day Three – Could 4
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