Grand Slam Track Threatened Over $12 Million

Zharnel Hughes speaks out over unpaid Grand Slam Track prize money - The Mirror

Britain's fastest man Zharnel Hughes is waiting for $130,000 in prize money from Grand Slam Track, which scrapped its final meet of the season over financial struggles

Grand Slam Track Threatened Over $12 Million

Grand Slam Track has yet to pay its athletes. The alternate (and rapidly failing) track and field circuit owes approximately $12 million in unpaid prize money, which has World Athletics on high alert. President Seb Coe vows to make things right if Michael Johnson and co. refuse to find a solution. I am curious to know what the governing body of track and field can do if the outstanding money simply does not exist but I cannot wait to find out. I…

World Athletics Monitoring Grand Slam Track's $13M in Outstanding Payments to Athletes

The track league, which debuted this year, has yet to dispense any of the prize money from three of its meets after canceling the fourth and final event.

World Athletics reviewing outstanding payments to athletes from the Grand Slam Track series

Sebastian Coe has admitted that World Athletics is closely watching unpaid fees to athletes from Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track series.  Last month, Michael Johnson cancelled the last event in Los Angeles because not many people showed up at the first three meetings in Miami, Philadelphia, and Kingston, Jamaica. When the series started, a total […]

It's not good for the sport - World Athletics president monitoring Grand Slam Track athletes' payment controversy

In light of the recent controversy regarding Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track (GST) League and outstanding payments to athletes, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has publicly addressed the situation.

Zharnel Hughes: It sucked Grand Slam Track didn't come to Europe

Britain’s fastest man Zharnel Hughes wants Grand Slam Track to return next year with dates in Europe despite the financial difficulties that forced Michael Johnson to cut short its first season. Hughes said it “sucked” that all four Grand Slam Track meets were awarded to venues in the US and Caribbean, given the appetite for watching live athletics on this side of the Atlantic. But he is hopeful the innovative track and field series will overcom…