The Brit will compete over the 200m and 400m on the Kingston Slam in early April
Dina Asher-Smith has signed as much as Grand Slam Observe and will likely be a Challenger in each the 200m and 400m on the Kingston Slam in Jamaica (April 4-6).
The Brit, who grew to become world 200m champion in Doha six years in the past, will compete towards the likes of Marileidy Paulino, Alexis Holmes, Nickisha Pryce, Salwa Eid Naser and Gabby Thomas over each half and a full lap at Independence Park.
Asher-Smith nonetheless holds the British 200m document of 21.88 – a time that propelled her to the world 200m title – and not too long ago improved her private greatest within the 400m to 52.31.
The 29-year-old, who can be a world 100m bronze and silver medallist, is now coaching out in Texas below the steerage of Edrick Floréal.
Athletes at Grand Slam Observe are labeled as both Racers and Challengers and are assigned to compete in one of many following classes: quick sprints (100m/200m), quick hurdles (100m hurdles or 110m hurdles/100m), lengthy sprints (200m/400m), lengthy hurdles (400H/400m), center distance (800m/1500m), or lengthy distance (3000m/5000m).
Dina Asher-Smith (Getty)
The ultimate placement rating for athletes will likely be decided by their mixed ending order between the 2 races. The winner of every Slam group will take dwelling $100,000 in prize cash and the eighth place competitor will earn $10,000.
In Kingston, which is the primary of 4 Slams on the 2025 calendar, Paulino, Holmes, Pryce, Eid Naser and Thomas are Racers and Asher-Smith is a Challenger. Two different Challengers will fill the ultimate couple of spots and they’re but to be introduced.
Paulino – the reigning Olympic and world 400m champion – has the quickest time over one lap in your entire subject with 48.17, which locations her fourth on the all-time checklist.
Eid Naser completed second behind Paulino on the Paris Olympics, whereas Holmes was sixth within the ultimate on the Stade de France.
Nickisha Pryce (Getty)
Pryce received the 400m eventually yr’s Diamond League in London with a time of 48.57 and will likely be buoyed by a partisan Jamaican crowd on dwelling soil.
Thomas, who has a 200m better of 21.60, is the one athlete within the subject introduced that has a time faster than Asher-Smith (21.88) over half a lap.
The American, who secured Olympic golds within the 200m and ladies’s 4x100m/4x400m relays in Paris, additionally boasts a quickest 400m time of 49.68.
Kingston will kick off the Grand Slam Observe sequence this yr, adopted by meets in Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
Champs in Kingston, Jamaica (Euan Crumley)
The Nationwide Stadium in Jamaica has expertise of internet hosting unimaginable occasions, from the Racers Grand Prix and Jamaican Nationwide Championships to the ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Ladies Championships (higher generally known as ‘Champs’).
Grand Slam Observe then travels to Miami, with the three-day meet going down across the similar time because the Components One Grand Prix, on Might 2-4.
The Philadelphia and LA Slams are on Might 30-June 1 and June 27-29 respectively.
Extra bulletins of Challengers are anticipated within the lead-up to the Kingston Slam.
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