The world indoor 400m champion will problem the Racers on the second Grand Slam in Florida
Amber Anning is ready to compete as a Challenger on the second meet of the Grand Slam Observe sequence, happening Could 2–4 on the Ansin Sports activities Advanced in Miami, Florida.
The Brit continues to be using the momentum from her dramatic victory on the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, the place she edged out American Alexis Holmes by simply 0.03 seconds to say gold within the 400m (50.6). That historic win made her the primary British lady to ever seize a person world indoor title in a dash occasion.
Her triumph got here simply two weeks after a heart-breaking second on the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, the place she was disqualified within the 400m heats for a lane infringement—leaving the observe in tears.
Amber Anning and Alexis Holmes (Getty)
In Miami, Anning will go head-to-head as soon as once more with Holmes within the Lengthy Dash class (200m/400m), holding the British indoor 200m document of twenty-two.60 and a British document of 49.29 within the 400m. Holmes is a confirmed Grand Slam Racer, already competed within the opening meet in Kingston (April 4–6), the place she positioned fourth total.
The ladies’s lengthy sprints in Miami may also characteristic Racers Salwa Eid Naser, Marileidy Paulino, Nickisha Pryce, and Gabby Thomas. Nonetheless, Thomas has hinted at presumably switching occasions all through the Slam sequence, so her actual race choice in Miami stays unsure.
Becoming a member of the Challenger ranks alongside Anning are 5 different athletes introduced right this moment. Amongst them is American multi-event star Anna Corridor, who will deal with each the 400m flat and 400m hurdles. Corridor, the 2023 World Championship silver medallist within the heptathlon, hasn’t raced both occasion since June 2023.
Anna Corridor (Getty)
Canada’s Andre De Grasse, a seven-time Olympic medallist, can be confirmed for Miami. He’ll compete within the males’s brief sprints (100m/200m), going through a area of Racers that embrace Kenny Bednarek, Fred Kerley, Zharnel Hughes, and Indirect Seville—all eyeing the $100,000 prime prize.
The boys’s brief distance class (800m/1500m) will see Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot problem. The previous world champion within the 1500m, who boasts a formidable 1:43.11 private greatest within the 800m, will problem a stacked line-up that includes Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, Cole Hocker, and Marco Arop.
Timothy Cheruiyot (Mark Shearman)
The opposite Challenger bulletins embrace America’s hurdler Kendra Harrison and Australia’s rising star Claudia Hollingsworth. Harrison, the previous 100m hurdles world record-holder (12.20), will launch her 2025 season within the brief hurdles class (100mH/100m).
In the meantime, 19-year-old Hollingsworth, a flexible risk throughout the 800m and 1500m, will line up in opposition to an elite area together with Mary Moraa, Jess Hull, Nikki Hiltz, and Diribe Welteji. Hollingsworth made headlines at simply 17 by turning into the Oceanic 1500m champion, and he or she’s continued to impress ever since.
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