Full Fields For First Grand Slam Track Meet Are Set – 3 Quick Thoughts

GST may have an innovative format and lots of $$ but it appears nothing can solve track and field’s problem of 1) it’s hard to keep stars healthy and 2) force athletes to compete where you want them to compete. Cooper Teare, Dylan Jacobs and Heather MacLean will be there but 4 of the biggest names in Jamaican sprinting will not be – Kishane Thompson, Shericka Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah. Nor will arguably the 4 biggest names in all of the short sprints – Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, Julien Alfred, and Sha’Carri Richardson.

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