Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone dominated during his first 2025 race, taking the hedges of the 400m on the first day of the series of Grand Slam songs in Kingston, in Jamaica.
It timed 52.76 seconds, Dalilah Muhammad while moving Dalilah Muhammad from 1.83 seconds. McLaughlin-Levrone has now won 23 consecutive races of 400m hurdles (including sleeves) since he took money from the 2019 world championships, according to the website of Tilastopaja.info athletics statistics.
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In the past four years, she has broken the world record six times – from 52.16 to 50.37 – and won Olympic gold in Tokyo and Paris.
The piece of the great Slam Kingston continues on Saturday, live Peacock at 6 p.m. he.
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The piece of the big slam is a new series of meetings for sprinters, hedges and distance runners. Each athlete runs in two different events on a three -day competition. Sunday, McLaughlin-Levrone should participate in the 400m flat.
There are four Grand Chelem-Kingston meetings, followed by Miami (May 2-4), Philadelphia (May 30 to June 1) and Los Angeles (June 27-29), all live on Peacock.
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The athletes are divided into six events for each slam: short sprints (race for 100m and 200m), short obstacles (100mh and 100m or 110mh and 100m), long sprints (200m / 400m), long obstacles (400mh / 400m), a short distance (800m / 1500m) and a long distance (3000m / 5000).
There are 24 male “runners” and 24 female “runners” who have registered in the four Grand Slam – four for each group of events. For each individual slam, the “challengers” for men and women fill the rest of the fields for all groups of events eight athletes. The runners who must withdraw from the meetings are replaced by additional challengers.
The athletes earn points based on the results, which determine the champions for each group of events for each slam. The points are distributed from first to eighth place in each race as follows: 12-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
The winner of each group of Slam events earns $ 100,000 at a price. Eighth place obtains $ 10,000.
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A champion of the male season and a champion of the female season will be crowned at the end of the season.
Friday, in other events, the Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas won the 200m for the group long of the sprints in 22.62 seconds. It was followed by the Olympic gold medalist of 400m Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic in 22.93.
Long's long sprints Group will then participate in a 400m on Saturday. If Paulino wins this race, Thomas must finish second to have the chance to win the event group.
The world indoor world champion, Chris Bailey, took the 400m in the long male sprints in 44.34, three hundredths of his personal record. It was followed by the Olympic silver medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith in Great Britain in 44.65. This group of events ends with a 200m on Saturday.
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Nikki Hiltz, the American champion in 1500m, won the 800m of the short distance female group in 1: 58.23 to grow in the 1500m on Saturday.
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