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Independent Singapore
3 days ago
- Business
- Independent Singapore
Josh Kerr of Great Britain got his Olympic 1500-m payback by winning the Grand Slam Track meet
Photo: U.S.A: Great Britain's Josh Kerr got his payback against Cole Hocker as he won a thrilling 1500-m race at the Grand Slam Track meet. The 27-year-old athlete had previously lost to the American at the 2024 Paris Olympics last August, where Hocker won the gold medal. However, Kerr now made his comeback. At the race, he made his move in the final meters of the race and overtook Hocker to win by 0.07 seconds. He successfully crossed the line in a season-best time of 3 minutes and 34.44 seconds, solidifying his name as a top contender in the tournament. Furthermore, Kerr also finished fifth in the 800-m event and narrowly missed out on the $100,000 (£74,000 or S$137,000) top prize for the short-distance category. Unfortunately, he lost by just one point to Canada's Marco Arop, who won the 800-m category. In a social media post shared by World Athletics, it stated: 'Living up to the hype 🫡…🇬🇧's @joshhkerr wins the 1500m in a battle to the line against Olympic champ @colehocker with 3:34.44 😳' Netizens commented on the post and said: 'Josh Kerr continues to impress me each race. He's such a competitor. I'm really glad to see that he's been racing more now that the grand slam track is a thing this year,'@joshhkerr was running in Beast Mode for this race and it is nearly impossible to win a race against anyone who is running in Beast Mode. Steve Prefontaine ran in Beast Mode all the time. @colehocker made this a great race that was right down to the wire. I love watching the best runners in the world getting after it and giving it their absolute best! We are entering the Golden Era of Track! So exciting! Let's go ! ❤️🔥,' and 'Best runner of the generation.' Other tournament updates In the women's 100-m category, American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden gained victory by clinching the fastest time in the world this year. The Olympic bronze medallist ran a personal best of 10.73 seconds. With this, she becomes the 10th fastest woman ever over the distance, together with France's Christine Arron. More so, American Tamari Davis finished second in the women's 100-m race with a final time of 11.03 seconds. Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith placed fifth with a time of 11.16 seconds. Moving on to the men's long sprints group, Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith won for the second time in three meets. The 30-year-old athlete won the 400-m race with a final time of 44.51 seconds, and he also placed fifth in the 200-m race. His performance was enough to earn him another Grand Slam title. The Grand Slam Track is a new tournament made by Olympic legend Michael Johnson. This aims to bring together the world's fastest athletes to compete for titles and prizes.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Kerr gains revenge at latest Grand Slam Track meet
Great Britain's Josh Kerr avenged his Olympic 1500m defeat by Cole Hocker in a thrilling battle in Sunday's Grand Slam Track surged past Kerr, 27, to claim a shock victory and Olympic gold in Paris last it was Kerr's turn to produce a decisive finish in Philadelphia, storming past the American in the final few metres to win by seven-hundredths of a claimed victory in a season's best time of three minutes 34.44 a fifth-placed finish in the 800m on Saturday, Kerr missed out on the top prize of $100,000 (£74,000) for the short distance group by just one point to Canada's Marco Arop, who won the the women's 100m, US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden clocked a world-leading time as she stormed to an emphatic Olympic bronze medallist, 24, claimed victory in a personal best 10.73secs, making her the 10th fastest woman to run the distance, tied with France's Christine Arron."It means everything, I've been working so hard for this," said Jefferson-Wooden, who also won the 200m on Saturday. "It's just all coming together."Compatriot Tamari Davis placed second in 11.03secs, with Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith fifth in 11.16secs. GB's Matthew Hudson-Smith clinched the top prize for the men's long sprints group for the second time in three winning the 400m in 44.51 on Saturday, the 30-year-old's fifth-place finish in the 200m was enough to claim another Grand Slam title, having secured the first in Kingston, Slam Track is a new competition created by Michael Johnson which aims to bring the world's fastest athletes together to compete for lucrative events were scheduled for the opening series and the final meet will be in Los Angeles from 27-29 June.
CBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CBC
Arop crowned men's short distance champion at Grand Slam Track stop in Philadelphia
Social Sharing Edmonton's Marco Arop won the short-distance title at a Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia after finishing fourth in Sunday's men's 1,500-metre race. Arop finished in a personal-best time of three minutes 35.38 seconds to take five points from the race. Canada's Arop wins 800m for third straight time at Grand Slam Track event He had 17 points altogether in the short distances after winning Saturday's 800 metres. That was one point better than Britain's Josh Kerr, who won the 1,500 in 3:34.44 but was fifth in the 800. Arop, the Olympic silver medallist at the Paris Games, has won all three 800-metre Grand Slam races so far. He finished second overall in short distance at the first two stops on the circuit after finishing sixth and seventh in the 1,500. WATCH | Arop claims men's short distance Grand Slam Track Philadelphia crown: Edmonton's Marco Arop claims Grand Slam Track Philadelphia title with 4th place finish in 1,500m 48 minutes ago Duration 6:59 Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., was fifth and Aaron Brown of Toronto was seventh in Sunday's 100 metres to finish fourth and fifth respectively in the short sprint category. American Kenny Bednarek swept the races after winning Saturday's 200m. WATCH | Bednarek wins 200m; Canada's De Grasse, Brown miss podium: American Bednarek wins 100m, Canada's De Grasse 5th and Brown 7th at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia 18 minutes ago Duration 4:10 Grand Slam Track was started by American track and field legend Michael Johnson, and is in its inaugural season. The first event was in Kingston, Jamaica, the second in Miami, and the fourth and last one will be in Los Angeles June 27-29. All competitors have to compete in two events and are split into categories — short sprints (100, 200), long sprints (200, 400), short hurdles (100 hurdles for women, 110 hurdles for men, 100 for both), long hurdles (400 hurdles, 400), short distance (800, 1,500), long distance (3,000, 5,000) — with a points system in place. Winners get 12 points, second place gets eight points, third gets six points, fourth gets five points, fifth gets four points, sixth gets three points, seventh gets two points and eighth gets one point. The athlete with the most points after competing in both races from each category is named the "Slam Champion" for their race group. The overall season leader in points for each race group will be recognized as "Racer of the Year."
The Guardian
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
The Olympics' dirtiest race ever?
'I felt very ready on the start line. I was like: 'OK, this is it. This is what we've worked for.'' For the British Olympic athlete Lisa Dobriskey, reaching the women's 1500m final at the London 2012 Games was a huge moment. She'd come fourth in Beijing four years earlier. This was her chance, in front of a home crowd. When the race began, Lisa remembers feeling alarmed at how slow it was because she knew at some point it was going to take off. And then it did. 'I felt really panicked,' Lisa Dobriskey tells Helen Pidd. 'It just took my breath away for a second. And then from that point, just feeling kind of like I was just running for my life.' 'I was in a bad dream when you're just running and running and running and you can't keep up.' Lisa ran across the line in 10th place. She was disappointed, even though she had done her best. She knew it hadn't been fair. 'All of the athletes in that race knew.' The Guardian reporter Esther Addley explains how, in the 13 years since, various runners in the race have been accused of doping and the race has become known as the dirtiest race in history. As of 2025, Lisa is now in 5th place. But it is bittersweet. 'After London, everything kind of changed,' Lisa says. 'I lost my sponsor … after 2012 it was like: 'Well, you know, you were fourth at the last Olympics, now you're 10th.' They let me go. So then I was without a sponsor, and things just kind of started to fall apart. And then ultimately, I decided to walk away and retire.'
