Jamaican star Rushell Clayton has formally joined the roster of elite athletes set to compete within the inaugural Grand Slam Monitor League, which can kick off in 2025.
Clayton, the second-fastest Jamaican lady of all time within the 400m hurdles, provides her identify to the rising listing of world-class rivals, together with fellow Jamaicans Ackera Nugent and Roshawn Clarke. This thrilling new skilled observe league, spearheaded by sprinting legend Michael Johnson, will host a sequence of occasions between April and September subsequent 12 months.
Clayton, contemporary from a fifth-place end within the 400m hurdles on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games, expressed her enthusiasm about becoming a member of the league. “I’ve labored so exhausting to get up to now, and I’m prepared to offer Grand Slam Monitor my all in each single race. I’m targeted and prepared,” stated the two-time World Championships bronze medalist.
Modeled after the celebrated Diamond League
Grand Slam Monitor, modeled after the celebrated Diamond League, goals to deliver collectively the quickest observe stars from across the globe. The league will function 48 athletes every year, who will face off in high-octane matchups throughout 12 totally different disciplines, together with sprints, hurdles, and distance occasions. Every competitors will likely be structured round 4 key meets, referred to as ‘Slams,’ the place athletes will race in a sequence of electrifying head-to-head showdowns.
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Clayton, who has clocked a private better of 52.51 seconds within the 400m hurdles, will compete alongside American stars Shamier Little and Jasmine Jones, making for some thrilling matchups within the coming season. Grand Slam Monitor has already introduced the participation of main names like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Fred Kerley, and Grant Fisher, with 18 extra athletes but to be revealed.
Jamaican followers will likely be particularly excited as Clayton joins her compatriots Ackera Nugent, the nationwide 100m hurdles document holder, and Roshawn Clarke, the World Below-20 and nationwide 400m hurdles document holder. With a roster brimming with Olympic and World Championship expertise, the Grand Slam Monitor League is ready to redefine skilled observe competitors.
