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New Straits Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
McLaughlin-Levrone impresses in 100m debut in Philadelphia
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone stepped outside her usual 400 metres event, recording an impressive 11.21 seconds to finish second in her first professional 100 metres flat race at the Grand Slam Track meet in Philadelphia on Sunday. The American four-time Olympic champion and world record holder in the 400 metres hurdles, known for her dominance in the one-lap event, was beaten by Jamaica's Ackera Nugent, who won in 11.11 seconds. Nugent's victory completed a weekend double, securing the women's short hurdles group with a perfect 24 points following her win in Saturday's 100 metres hurdles. American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden scorched the track with a blistering time of 10.73 seconds in the 100 metres, clinching victory in the short sprints group with 24 points after her 200 metres triumph on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino dominated the women's long sprints group with 24 points, having won the 200 metres in 22.46 seconds. Britain's Lina Nielsen also impressed, capturing the 400 metres hurdles in 52.60 seconds, while Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji secured victory in the 800 metres with a time of 1:58.94. In the men's events, American Kenny Bednarek shaved one-hundredth of a second off his personal best in the 100 metres, finishing in 9.86 seconds and topping the short sprints group with 24 points. Olympic silver medallist Josh Kerr of Britain edged out gold medallist Cole Hocker by just seven-hundredths of a second in a thrilling 1500 metres race, finishing in 3:34.44. American Trevor Bassitt provided late drama in the 400 metres hurdles, outduelling Alison dos Santos and Chris Robinson to win in 45.47 seconds. He also won the men's long hurdles group with 20 points. There were also victories for Americans Trey Cunningham in the men's 100 metres short hurdles group with a time of 10.36 seconds, and Nico Young in the men's 3000 metres on his Grand Slam Track debut, while Dominican Alexander Ogando claimed the men's 200 metres in 20.13 seconds. The Grand Slam Track season will conclude with its fourth meeting in Los Angeles from 27–29 June.
NBC Sports
5 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nugent outlasts McLaughlin-Levrone for slam title
Ackera Nugent sealed a second consecutive short hurdles title at Grand Slam Philadelphia in a 100m dash that pitted her against Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone down the stretch.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone tries 100m hurdles, finishes fifth
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's experiment at dropping down to the 100m hurdles ended in defeat on Saturday, with the reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion finishing fifth at the Philadelphia Grand Slam Track meeting. McLaughlin-Levrone, who has been unbeatable over her specialist event since 2019, found the going tougher over the shorter hurdles discipline at a rainy and overcast Franklin Field. The 25-year-old American superstar came home in 12.70sec and never looked like threatening Jamaican winner Ackera Nugent, who crossed in 12.44sec. Tia Jones of the United States was second in 12.60sec, with Jamaica's Megan Tapper third in 12.66sec. In other events in Saturday's meeting, Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas suffered a surprise defeat in her favoured event, beaten into second place by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden. Jefferson-Wooden, a 100m bronze medallist at the Paris Olympics last year, stormed home in 21.99sec with Thomas second in 22.10sec. Tamari Davis took third in 22.59sec, just ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in 22.65. Related Topics Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How to watch Grand Slam Track Philadelphia 2025: Stream info, schedule, preview
Grand Slam Track, a new series of meets for sprinters, hurdlers and distance runners, holds its third stop this weekend in Philadelphia, live on Peacock. Top athletes include Olympic gold medalists Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Cole Hocker each racing on both Saturday and Sunday, plus a bevy of international stars. Advertisement The series was launched by Michael Johnson, an Olympic gold medalist in 1992, 1996 and 2000 who serves as commissioner. The first two stops were in Kingston, Jamaica, from April 4-6, and Miami from May 2-4. After Miami, the last Slam of 2025 is in Los Angeles from June 27-29, also live on Peacock. Grand Slam Track Philadelphia Broadcast Schedule Day Time (ET) Platform(s) Saturday 4-7 p.m. Peacock, CW Sunday 3-6 p.m. Peacock, CW Grand Slam Track Philadelphia Race Schedule Day Event Group Time (ET) Saturday Women's 400m Hurdles Long Hurdles 4:39 p.m. Men's 400m Hurdles Long Hurdles 4:48 p.m. Men's 800m Short Distance 4:57 p.m. Men's 200m Short Sprints 5:07 p.m. Women's 200m Short Sprints 5:16 p.m. Women's 3000m Long Distance 5:25 p.m. Women's 400m Long Sprints 5:42 p.m. Men's 400m Long Sprints 5:51 p.m. Women's 1500m Short Distance 6:00 p.m. Men's 110m Hurdles Short Hurdles 6:13 p.m. Women's 100m Hurdles Short Hurdles 6:22 p.m. Sunday Men's 400m Long Hurdles 3:41 p.m. Women's 400m Long Hurdles 3:50 p.m. Women's 800m Short Distance 3:59 p.m. Men's 100m Short Hurdles 4:09 p.m. Women's 100m Short Hurdles 4:18 p.m. Men's 3000m Long Distance 4:27 p.m. Women's 200m Long Sprints 4:43 p.m. Men's 200m Long Sprints 4:52 p.m. Men's 1500m Short Distance 5:01 p.m. Women's 100m Short Sprints 5:13 p.m. Men's 100m Short Sprints 5:22 p.m. How Does Grand Slam Track Work? Athletes are divided into six event groups: short sprints (racing the 100m and 200m), short hurdles (100mH and 100m or 110mH and 100m), long sprints (200m/400m), long hurdles (400mH/400m), short distance (800m/1500m) and long distance (3000m). Advertisement There are 24 men's "Racers" and 24 women's "Racers" who signed up for all four Grand Slams — four for each event group. For each individual Slam, men's and women's "Challengers" fill out the rest of the fields for every eight-athlete event group. Racers who have to withdraw from meets are replaced by new Racers or Challengers. Athletes earn points based on results, which determine champions for each event group for every Slam. One overall men's season champion and one overall women's season champion will be crowned at the end of the season. Grand Slam Track Philadelphia Entry Lists Race Groups (® denotes Racer; © denotes Challenger) Men's Short Sprints: Kenny Bednarek ®, Zharnel Hughes ®, Andre De Grasse ©, Christian Miller ©, Christian Coleman ©, Bryan Levell ©, Udodi Onwuzurike ©, Aaron Brown ©. Advertisement Women's Short Sprints: Gabby Thomas ®, Brittany Brown ®, Daryll Neita ®, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ®, Tamari Davis ©, Thelma Davies ©, Dina Asher-Smith ©, Jadyn Mays ©. Men's Long Sprints: Matthew Hudson-Smith ®, Muzala Samukonga ®, Steven Gardiner ®, Jereem Richards ®, Jevaughn Powell ©, Alexander Ogando ©, Khaleb McRae ©, Matthew Boling ©. Women's Long Sprints: Nickisha Pryce ®, Alexis Holmes ®, Marileidy Paulino ®, Salwa Eid Naser ®, Isabella Whittaker ©, Laviai Nielsen ©, Jessika Gbai ©, Sharlene Mawdsley ©. Men's Short Hurdles: Freddie Crittenden ®, Sasha Zhoya ®, Daniel Roberts ®, Trey Cunningham ©, Jakub Szymański ©, Lorenzo Simonelli ©, Cordell Tinch ©, Jamal Britt ©. Advertisement Women's Short Hurdles: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ®, Ackera Nugent ®, Danielle Williams ©, Ditaji Kambundji ©, Tia Jones ©, Christina Clemons ©, Tonea Marshall ©, Megan Tapper ©. Men's Long Hurdles: Alison dos Santos ®, Clément Ducos ®, Caleb Dean ®, Trevor Bassitt ©, Chris Robinson ©, CJ Allen ©, Assinie Wilson ©, Gerald Drummond ©. Women's Long Hurdles: Shamier Little ®, Rushell Clayton ®, Jasmine Jones ®, Lina Nielsen ©, Dalilah Muhammad ©, Ayomide Folorunso ©, Anna Cockrell ©, Andrenette Knight ©. Men's Short Distance: Cole Hocker ®, Josh Kerr ®, Yared Nuguse ®, Marco Arop ®, Hobbs Kessler ©, Josh Hoey ©, Elliot Giles ©, Samuel Chapple ©. Advertisement Women's Short Distance: Jess Hull ®, Nikki Hiltz ®, Diribe Welteji ®, Mary Moraa ®, Georgia Hunter Bell ©, Nia Akins ©, Abbey Caldwell ©, Addy Wiley ©. Men's Long Distance: Grant Fisher ®, Ronald Kwemoi ®, Hagos Gebrhiwet ®, Graham Blanks ©, Nico Young ©, Ky Robinson ©, Edwin Kurgat ©, Andrew Coscoran ©. Women's Long Distance: Nozomi Tanaka ®, Tsige Gebreselama ®, Agnes Ngetich ®, Elise Cranny ®, Ejgayehu Taye ©, Weini Kelati ©, Medina Eisa ©, Josette Andrews ©. Grand Slam Track Philadelphia Key Races Women's 100m Hurdles (Short Hurdles), Saturday, 6:22 p.m. ET Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone drops down from racing the 400m and 400m hurdles to take on the 100m and 100m hurdles in Philadelphia. She has raced the 100m hurdles in past years — in the spring, as a tune-up for the 400m distance — with a personal best of 12.65 seconds. In Philadelphia, she faces seven women whose primary event is the 100m hurdles, all with a PB of 12.51 or faster. The group is led by American Tia Jones, who at the last Grand Slam clocked 12.19 to become the third-fastest woman in history. Advertisement Men's 800m (Short Distance), Saturday, 4:57 p.m. ET American Josh Hoey, a breakout star of the indoor season, tests himself against one of the kings of the 800m for the first time on an outdoor track: Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop or Canada. Hoey went from placing fourth at the 2024 Olympic Trials to running the second-fastest indoor 800m in history in February and winning the world indoor title in March. Women's 100m (Short Hurdles), Sunday, 4:18 p.m. ET McLaughlin-Levrone will race the 100m for the first time since 2018, when she clocked a wind-aided 11.07 seconds as a University of Kentucky freshman. That's actually the fastest flat 100m time of any woman in the Philadelphia short hurdles group, according to Jamaican Ackera Nugent has the fastest wind-legal personal best of the group, running 11.09 in 2021 and then again to win the Grand Slam Track Miami race. Men's 1500m (Short Distance), Sunday, 5:01 p.m. ET Another showdown among the three Paris Olympic medalists in this event: Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse. Kerr got the win last time out in Miami, while Nuguse placed second in both Kingston and Miami. Hocker has placed second or third in his five 1500m races since winning that Olympic gold. Women's 100m (Short Sprints), Sunday, 5:13 p.m. ET Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas takes on the short sprints for a second consecutive Slam after winning the long sprints title at the first meet in Kingston. Last time out in Miami, Olympic 100m bronze medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden edged Thomas for the short sprints crown by one point combining results from the 100m and 200m. Thomas won the 200m and placed fourth in the 100m, while Jefferson-Wooden won the 100m and was third in the 200m. Expect another duel between the two in Philadelphia. Olympics LA 2028 LA 2028 Olympics add new events in swimming, gymnastics, track; more female spots for first time Advertisement There will be more women's quota places than men's quota places at the Olympics for the first time.
NBC Sports
28-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE AND GABBY THOMAS HEADLINE GRAND SLAM TRACK IN PHILADELPHIA LIVE ON PEACOCK THIS WEEKEND
Penultimate Event of Michael Johnson's New Track League Begins Exclusively on Peacock This Saturday, May 31, at 4 p.m. ET from Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. Live Competition Continues Sunday at 3 p.m. ET Multiple Olympic Medalists Expected to Compete This Weekend including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Kenny Bednarek, and Cole Hocker STAMFORD, Conn. – May 28, 2025 – Two-time reigning Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and three-time Paris Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas headline Grand Slam Track, the new and innovative track league founded by four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson, from Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., this Saturday, May 31, at 4 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. The two-day event – called a 'Slam' – will continue Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on Peacock. This is the penultimate Slam of the league's inaugural season. This week's Slam is expected to feature an elite lineup of Olympians, including two-time Olympic 200m silver medalist Kenny Bednarek, Olympic 1500m gold medalist Cole Hocker, Paris Olympic 400m gold medalist Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic), Paris Olympic 1500m silver medalist Jess Hull (Australia), Paris Olympic 5000m/10,000m bronze medalist Grant Fisher, two-time Olympic 400m hurdles bronze medalist Alison dos Santos (Brazil), three-time world champion Christian Coleman, and more. Franklin Field is home to the iconic Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track & field competition in the U.S. that regularly attracts over 15,000 competitors per year. Constructed in 1895, Franklin Field remains the oldest still-operating college football stadium in the country and was home to the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles from 1958-1970. Founded by Johnson in 2024, Grand Slam Track prioritizes head-to-head competition over times, with a star-studded roster of 48 Racers competing against 48 Challengers. The athletes participate in one of the following event groups: short sprints (100m/200m), short hurdles (100H or 110H/100m), long sprints (200m/400m), long hurdles (400H/400m), short distance (800m/1500m), or long distance (3000m/5000m). All competitors' final placement scores are be determined by their combined finishing order between the two races, with the winner of each Slam event group taking home $100,000 in prize money, and the 8th place competitor earning $10,000. In the Racer of the Year standings, McLaughlin-Levrone tops the season-long leaderboard as the only unbeaten woman with 48 points thus far. Two-time Paris Olympic medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden trails her with 42 points. On the men's side, both Bednarek and dos Santos have 48 points, with Bednarek leading due to his higher dominance score (55.25 to 50.25). 1984 Olympic 1500m silver medalist Steve Cram will call the races alongside Olympians Carrie Tollefson and Anson Henry, with Radzi Chinyanganya and Paris Olympic heptathlete Taliyah Brooks serving as trackside reporter. The pre- and post-Slam shows will be hosted by John Anderson alongside four-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports' Sanya Richards-Ross and CITIUS MAG founder Chris Chavez. Peacock is the exclusive U.S. streaming home of Grand Slam Track, presenting all four Slams of the inaugural 2025 season live. Future locations and dates include UCLA's Drake Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. (June 28-29). NBC Sports will present numerous prestigious outdoor track & field events this season, including the Prefontaine Classic on July 5, USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on July 31-Aug. 3 from historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from Sept. 13-21. How To Watch – Saturday, May 31-Sunday, June 1 (all times ET) 2025 NBC SPORTS GRAND SLAM TRACK SCHEDULE --NBC SPORTS--
