We are also excited to share the 2025 Daily Slam Program. This is the list of events that are scheduled to take place each day at each of the 2025 Slams. Please note this does not represent a time schedule of events, only the distribution of event disciplines per day.

Events are arranged in ascending order and not in the order they will be contested on event day. More detailed schedule information will be announced at a later date. As with all live sports, events are subject to change.Grand Slam Track™ will bring together some of the biggest names in track for an unforgettable season of top-tier performances. These Slams promise to deliver action-packed moments and elite competition while celebrating and elevating the sport.We look forward to seeing you at our Slams!

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Tickets are on sale now for all four 2025 Slams! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the action at next year’s most anticipated track events.

Visit https://grandslamtrack.com/events for more information and to purchase tickets.

Tickets on Sale and 2025 Daily Slam Program

, the global home of professional track competition launched by four-time Olympic Champion Michael Johnson, today officially announced the full field of 96 Racers & Challengers who will compete in the Kingston Slam - the inaugural event in the league’s existence - April 4th to 6th. These announcements now mean fans know all 96 competitors who will each race twice across the weekend in Kingston. Challengers will be announced in due course to compete at each of the Slams in Miami, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. 

The Challengers announced today are headlined by international superstars like Grace Stark, Dalilah Muhammad, Ackeem Blake, Favour Ofili, and Dominic Lobalu. Unfortunately, signed Racers Devon Allen and Luis Grijalva will miss the Kingston Slam due to injuries. An additional Challenger has been added to each of their event groups as a result. The addition of these Challengers takes the number of nations represented across the 96 competitors to 22, exemplifying 

“We are delighted to announce the final group of Challengers to round out our first ever 

 fields for the Kingston Slam,” said Michael Johnson, the league’s founder and Commissioner. “The 96 competitors will put on a show for the world to see. I hope you can join us in Kingston for this festival of speed. We are so excited to get to Jamaica and celebrate our wonderful sport at the National Stadium.”

Grand Slam Track will stream live on Peacock in the US, with The CW broadcasting linear coverage of Saturday and Sunday of all Slams. TNT Sports will provide coverage in the UK and Ireland, whilst Eurosport will carry the broadcast in Europe and Asia. More global television deals will be announced soon.

Fans are able to buy tickets for the Slam in Kingston knowing that these 96 competitors will be in attendance. Tickets for the other three Slams (Miami, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles) are also on sale now. For more information, please visit 

Full Kingston Slam Event Groups and Start Lists 

(® denotes Racer; © denotes Challenger, newly announced names in 

: Kenny Bednarek ®, Fred Kerley ®, Oblique Seville ®, Zharnel Hughes ®, 

Courtney Lindsey ©, Ackeem Blake ©, Terrence Jones ©, Joseph Fahnbulleh ©.

 Brittany Brown ®, Daryll Neita ®, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ®, Alana Reid ©, Jacious Sears ©, 

Tamara Clark ©, Favour Ofili ©, Kemba Nelson ©.'

Quincy Hall ®, Muzala Samukonga ®, Matthew Hudson-Smith ®, Jereem Richards ®, 

 Gabby Thomas ®, Nickisha Pryce ®, Alexis Holmes ®, Marileidy Paulino ®, Salwa Eid Naser ®, Dina Asher-Smith ©, 

Talitha Diggs ©, Stacey Ann Williams ©.

Freddie Crittenden ®, Sasha Zhoya ®, Daniel Roberts ®, Orlando Bennett ©, Hansle Parchment ©, 

Cordell Tinch ©, Cameron Murray ©, Dylan Beard ©.

: Ackera Nugent ®, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn ®, Masai Russell ®, Cyréna Samba-Mayela ®, Danielle Williams ©, 

Grace Stark ©, Denisha Cartwright ©, Alia Armstrong ©.

 Clément Ducos ®, Alison Dos Santos ®, Caleb Dean ®, Roshawn Clarke ®, Malik James-King ©, 

CJ Allen ©, Chris Robinson ©, Trevor Bassitt ©.

 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ®, Shamier Little ®, Rushell Clayton ®, Jasmine Jones ®, Shiann Salmon ©, 

Cathelijn Peeters ©, Andrenette Knight ©, Dalilah Muhammad ©

 Cole Hocker ®, Josh Kerr ®, Yared Nuguse ®, Marco Arop ®, Emmanuel Wanyonyi ©, Bryce Hoppel ©, 

 Jess Hull ®, Nikki Hiltz ®, Diribe Welteji ®, Mary Moraa ®, 

Nelly Chepchirchir ©, Heather MacLean ©, Natoya Goule-Toppin ©, Susan Ejore ©.

Grant Fisher ®, Ronald Kwemoi ®, Hagos Gebrhiwet ®, 

Cooper Teare ©, Thierry Ndikumwenayo ©, Dominic Lobalu ©, Dylan Jacobs ©, Telahun Haile Bekele ©.

: Nozomi Tanaka ®, Tsige Gebreselama ®, Agnes Ngetich ®, Elise Cranny ®, 

Hellen Ekalale ©, Whittni Morgan ©, Melissa Courtney-Bryant ©, Ejgayehu Taye ©.

*All times listed are in local time in Kingston. Please note that Jamaica does not observe Daylight Savings, and as such Kingston is currently on Eastern Standard Time. This equates to a one-hour time difference between Kingston and Eastern Daylight Time cities, like New York. The schedule is subject to change. 

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The winner of each Slam group will take home $100,000 in prize money, and the 8th place competitor will earn $10,000. 

 will have a total of $12.6m in prize money that will be awarded across the Slams each year in addition to the base compensation paid to Racers and appearance fees paid to Challengers. 

 is on head to head competition, not winning times. There will be no rabbits or pacing lights. Each Slam is equally as important as any other, will have its own prize purse, and will be independently scored, with points and previous finishes not carrying over to the following Slams. All competitors will compete twice over the three-day event, and all Slam events will meet World Athletics regulations, with achieved marks being eligible for rankings and standards. 

For further information, please follow @GrandSlamTrack on all social media platforms, and visit grandslamtrack.com.

 is the global home of elite track competition founded by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson. The league is redefining the landscape of track with a focus on head-to-head competition between the fastest humans on the planet: fostering rivalries, celebrating racing, and putting fans first. The league features a roster of 48 Racers signed to compete in four annual Slams and includes superstars like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Quincy Hall, Josh Kerr, Marileidy Paulino, and many more. These Racers compete against 48 Challengers, who vary per Slam; each Slam features the largest and deepest prize purse in the history of the sport. The inaugural Grand Slam Track™ season in 2025 sees Slams take place in Kingston, Jamaica; Miami; Philadelphia; and Los Angeles. For more information, visit grandslamtrack.com.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Michael Johnson is a Hall of Fame track and field star, universally recognized as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships across his career, and held world and Olympic records in both the 200m and 400m races. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Johnson became the first and only male athlete to win the Gold medal in both the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics. Since retiring from active competition, Johnson has become a serial entrepreneur and investor, as well as highly sought after performance mindset speaker and an award winning television commentator. Johnson has been a pundit for the BBC’s coverage of every Olympics Games since Athens 2004, and remains a key voice on, and advocate for the sport. Johnson was inducted into the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004.

Full group of 48 Challengers revealed; will compete against 48 Racers for largest prize money pool ever offered in the sport; Full competition timetable also announced.


GRAND SLAM TRACK™ Announces Full Field of Racers & Challengers & Detailed Competition Schedule for Inaugural Kingston Slam, April 4–6

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) secures multi-year agreement with Grand Slam Track™ to  broadcast competition across Europe and Asia with live exclusivity in 40+ territories*

The world’s fastest Racers will compete in the new premier track league created by four-time  Olympic Champion  Michael Johnson, live on Max, discovery+**, Eurosport and TNT Sports

The first of four three-day events begins in Kingston, Jamaica on 4 April

Warner Bros. Discovery & Grand Slam Track™, the new global home of professional track competition, are delighted to announce their multi-year partnership to bring live elite Track racing to fans across Europe & Asia. Olympic medallists, World Champions and national heroes are set to face-off in the new elite track league launched by Olympic legend Michael Johnson, with live coverage coming to WBD Sports’ channels and platforms across Europe and Asia beginning in April.

Eurosport (Europe and Asia) and TNT Sports (UK and Ireland) will offer live linear coverage while every event on the 2025 calendar will be available to stream live and on-demand on Max and discovery+*, offering athletics fans a front row seat to the action however they choose to watch.

Two Circles, the global sports marketing business, has been instrumental to securing the deal as the lead advisors to Grand Slam Track™ on its global media rights.

The dynamic new league features 24 races across 12 event groups per Slam – including Sprints, Distance, and Hurdles –- with two hours of live coverage produced by the host broadcaster at each meeting for fans around the world. The league will host four “Slams” in 2025, emanating from Kingston, Jamaica (National Stadium), Miami, Florida (Miramar’s Ansin Sports Complex), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Franklin Field), and Los Angeles, California (Drake Stadium).

In total, 

, including 48 Grand Slam Track Racers boasting 34 medals from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 alone, will face off against each other and 48 Challengers in the quest to build up their points tally. World-beating athletes set to compete include 

 (Jamaica) and many other global superstars, like Japan’s 

Scott Young, Group SVP Content, Production and Business Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, said

: "We are particularly excited about this new innovative format for a much-loved sport. Track remains the king of Olympics sports, consistently attracting the largest audiences through nail-biting races and intense athletic performances from some of the biggest personalities in sport. Our ambition to continue telling the inspiring stories of these athletes between Olympic cycles is matched by Michael Johnson and the Grand Slam Track competition. We can’t wait to work in partnership to scale coverage of this exciting new world-class athletics competition to fans all around the world through our premium channel and platform portfolio.”

Michael Johnson, CEO & Commissioner of Grand Slam Track™ , said

: “We are delighted to partner with our friends at Warner Bros. Discovery to bring Grand Slam Track to fans across Europe and Asia. Since our launch, we’ve had a huge amount of support from our great fans on these continents. We set out to ensure our broadcasts were easily accessible for fans around the world, and wanted to make sure our Racers had a platform on which they could perform, entertain, and grow their fanbases. This deal ensures that is reality, and we can’t wait to get started in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 4th.”.

WBD Sports has a proven track record of bringing athletics to larger audiences than any other broadcaster. During its coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, where WBD Sports collectively reached more than 215 million fans in Europe alone, athletics was its most watched sport – contributing to around 18% of all linear viewing and over 15 million hours of content streamed on Max and discovery+ . Athletics also drove the largest audience on a single day during the Olympics, on Sunday 4 July, which culminated in the fastest ever men’s 100m final where all eight competitors finished in under 10 seconds for the first time. The Olympics, including athletics, are central to WBD’s multi-sport offer in Europe, which is powering its immense streaming content proposition on Max as it continues to expand into new markets such as the UK, Italy and Germany in 2026.

Tickets for all four Slams are on sale now at 

For more information about Grand Slam Track, please follow @GrandSlamTrack on all social media platforms, and visit grandslamtrack.com.

Friday 27 June: From 12am BST (Saturday 28th)

Saturday 28 June: From 12am BST (Sunday 29th)

*WBD will show exclusive live Grand Slam Track coverage in all markets across Europe, Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent except for non-exclusive coverage in France, Hungary, Norway, Israel, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. **Max is available in France, Greece, Poland, the Nordics, Iberia, Central and Eastern Europe. In Belgium and the Netherlands, Warner Bros. Discovery’s enhanced streaming service is branded HBO Max. discovery+ is the streaming service in Austria, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland with Max coming to these markets from 2026.

Senior Communications Manager, WBD Sports

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels, and platforms in Europe. It collectively engages 130 million people every month, reaching fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time: free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. WBD Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, as well sports programming and content on WBD’s free-to-air TV networks and streaming on Max and discovery+ . They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 1,000 live cycling broadcasts per year, the UCI Track Champions League, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; the PGA TOUR year-round in some markets; The Ocean Race; the Snooker World Tour; the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship; the FIM Speedway GP, Speedway of Nations and Speedway World Cup; every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event. WBD Sports Europe completes a full 360° offer with its Events management and promotion division, which oversees 35+ events across four global championships each year and has achieved the ISO20121 certification for sustainability of event management practices.

Grand Slam Track™ is the global home of elite track competition founded by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson. The league is redefining the landscape of track with a focus on head-to-head competition between the fastest humans on the planet: fostering rivalries, celebrating racing, and putting fans first. The league features a roster of 48 Racers signed to compete in four annual Slams and includes superstars like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Quincy Hall, Josh Kerr, Marileidy Paulino, and many more. These Racers compete against 48 Challengers, who vary per Slam; each Slam features the largest and deepest prize purse in the history of the sport. The inaugural Grand Slam Track™ season in 2025 sees Slams take place in Kingston, Jamaica; Miami; Philadelphia; and Los Angeles. For more information, visit 

Born in Dallas, Texas, Michael Johnson is a Hall of Fame track and field star, universally recognized as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships across his career and held world and Olympic records in both the 200m and 400m races. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Johnson became the first and only male athlete to win the Gold medal in both the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics. Since retiring from active competition, Johnson has become a serial entrepreneur and investor, as well as highly sought after performance mindset speaker and an award-winning television commentator. Johnson has been a pundit for the BBC’s coverage of every Olympics Games since Athens 2004, and remains a key voice on, and advocate for the sport. Johnson was inducted into the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004.

Warner Bros. Discovery & Grand Slam Track™, the new global home of professional track competition, are delighted to announce their multi-year partnership to bring live elite Track racing to fans across Europe & Asia.

Warner bros. Discovery and Grand Slam Track™ partner for coverage of league’s inaugural season for fans in Europe and Asia

Grand Slam Track™, the global home of professional track competition, launched by four-time Olympic Champion Michael Johnson, today officially announced four more elite Challengers signed to compete in the Kingston Slam, April 4–6th, at National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica.

The Challengers announced today are all world-renowned competitors, who are now set to electrify the home crowd in Kingston:

Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Kenya, Men’s Short Distance - Olympic Champion (2024, 800m)

Dina Asher-Smith, Great Britain, Women’s Long Sprints - three-time Olympic medalist (4x100m relay), World Champion (2019, 200m), four-time British record holder (100m, 200m, 60m, 4x100m relay)

Bryce Hoppel, USA, Men’s Short Distance - World Indoor Champion (2024, 800m), American record holder (1:41.67, 800m)

Jacious Sears, USA, Women’s Short Sprints - second fastest 100m time in NCAA history, current world leader in 60m (7.02)

Tickets to see these Challengers compete are on sale NOW at grandslamtrack.com

These Challengers will join the roster of 48 Racers already announced to compete, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson, Masai Russell, Alexis Holmes, Quincy Hall, Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Grant Fisher, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Oblique Seville, Ackera Nugent, Roshawn Clarke, Rushell Clayton, Nickisha Price, Nikki Hiltz, Cyrena Samba-Mayela, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alison Dos Santos, Ronald Kwemoi, Muzala Samukonga, Sasha Zhoya, Marileidy Paulino, Jess Hull, Marco Arop, Devon Allen, & many more.

More Challenger announcements will be made in due course as we head towards the Kingston Slam. All four Grand Slam Track events will be streamed live in the U.S. on Peacock, including exclusive coverage of Slam Fridays, with the CW Network providing broadcast coverage of Slam Saturdays and Sundays. International broadcast information will be announced soon.

For more information, and the full roster of Racers, please visit grandslamtrack.com, and follow @GrandSlamTrack on all social media platforms.

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