US athletics great Michael Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of a new track league which will see the "best of the best" compete against each other at four elite meetings every year from 2025.And at the core of Grand Slam Track is the best of the best athletes, only the fastest, competing head to head against one another four times a year," Johnson said.
The Brownlee family, who have collectively won three gold, one silver and a bronze medal in the Olympic triathlon, will not be represented at a summer Games for the first time in 20 years.
Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon will chase two golds at next month's Paris Olympics after she added qualification for her 1500m speciality at trials in Nairobi on Saturday. Only Kipyegon and Russia's Tatiana Kazankina have successfully defended a women's Olympic 1500m title.Â