KINGSTON, Ja­maica – Grand Slam Track, the pre­mier glob­al plat­form for pro­fes­sion­al track com­pe­ti­tion found­ed by four-time Olympic cham­pi­on Michael John­son, has of­fi­cial­ly re­vealed the first wave of Chal­lengers set to com­pete at the Kingston Slam.

The event will take place from April 4–6 at the Na­tion­al Sta­di­um in Kingston, Ja­maica.

The new­ly an­nounced Chal­lengers in­clude some of the sport’s bright­est stars name­ly, Tokyo Olympic 110 hur­dles cham­pi­on Hansle Parch­ment, Bu­dapest World Cham­pi­on in the 100m hur­dles, Danielle Williams, Ja­maican Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on in the 400m hur­dles Ma­lik James-King, World U20 Cham­pi­on in the 100m and 4x100m re­lay Alana Reid, Olympic Fi­nal­ist in the 110m hur­dles, Or­lan­do Ben­nett and Olympic Fi­nal­ist in the 400m hur­dles Shi­ann Salmon.

These elite ath­letes will join an al­ready star-stud­ded line­up of 48 Rac­ers pre­vi­ous­ly an­nounced for the Kingston Slam. The ros­ter fea­tures glob­al track and field icons such as USA’s Syd­ney McLaugh­lin-Lev­rone, Gab­by Thomas, Fred Ker­ley, Ken­ny Bednarek, Josh Kerr, and Mar­ilei­dy Pauli­no of the Do­mini­ca Re­pub­lic.

The com­pe­ti­tion promis­es to de­liv­er world-class per­for­mances across a range of dis­ci­plines, from sprints and hur­dles to mid­dle-dis­tance and re­lay events.

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