Michael Johnson

Great photo!

✍️ BREAKING NEWS: Graham Blanks, the 2x NCAA cross country champion at Harvard, has decided to forego the remainder of his NCAA eligibility & signed a professional contract with New Balance.

🗣️ “It’s time to move on to bigger adventures.”

📰 More details + our interview: citiusmag.com/articles/gra...

Great performances! Fun to think about his potential. But even with such great potential, realizing it is a whole different thing. The greater the potential, the higher the risk. He’ll need a solid team around him to help him navigate the journey.

Some strikingly similar arguments between the "how to save the NBA" and "how to save track and field".

What track & field social accounts fit this criteria:
-Reasoned perspective on issues.
-Goal to break news or inform fans.
-Unafraid to be unpopular. (But not deliberately unpopular just for attention.)
-Spreads facts, not known untruths.
-Covers sprints & hurdles as much as distance.

🚨Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas has signed with Grand Slam Track.

🚨Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas has signed with Grand Slam Track.

✅ That one’s done.
🚧🏗️ Back to work!

GRAND SLAM TRACK™ Announces Signing of Triple US Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Thomas

📰 https://buff.ly/3Vd7DWq

Who else do you want to see sign with Grand Slam Track? ✍️

Who else do you want to see sign with Grand Slam Track? ✍️

True! I hike 2-3 days a week. Just me and a friend (my dog Angelo).

Race pattern. Difficult discovering best personal race pattern. It’s not one size fits all. Next is difficulty in duplicating that race pattern consistently. Last is learning how to make the right decisions in the race, balancing stick to my plan vs adjust to the race around me.

Potentially a big development in the race to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games with South Africa holding talks today with the IOC in Lausanne. An African country has never hosted the Games. It is widely expected that if they do bid, then Cape Town would be the city they put forward.

US women: “We’ll take our chances with four women. At least we’ll get the baton around.”

When Mixed 4x4 was announced I hated it. Now I love it. So I’ll wait to see how this goes. Exchange zone gonna be exciting or an absolute shit show!

Sprints: 1 hour
Hurdles: 1 hour
Distance: 8 hours (and counting)

Five new signings for Grand Slam Track:

🇬🇧Daryll Neita
🇺🇸Elise Cranny
🇰🇪Mary Moraa
🇯🇵Nozomi Tanaka
🇧🇭Salwa Eid Naser

Some serious talent! Will be interesting to see which of them can achieve consistency. Thats typically the biggest issue for young 400 talent.

Isaac Makwala started it!

And the older you get, the less sprinting you should do. At a point the risks far outweigh the benefits. As I’ve gotten older I’ve continued to go slower and longer. Now I only hike.

Interesting! 🤨

That’s exactly what @kylemerber.bsky.social saw! Excited to have her as a Racer.

✍️2024 400m Olympic silver medalist & 2019 World champion Salwa Eid Naser has signed on as a Racer with @grandslamtrack.bsky.social ahead of the pro track league’s inaugural season in 2025.

She joins 400m Olympic champ Marileidy Paulino in the long sprints category that will contest 200m & 400m.

Olympic Silver Medalist Salwa Eid Naser Signs As Racer With Grand Slam Track - CITIUS Mag Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist at 400m, has signed as a Racer with Grand Slam Track ahead of the league’s inaugural season.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Salwa Eid Naser Signs As Racer With Grand Slam Track - CITIUS Mag Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist at 400m, has signed as a Racer with Grand Slam Track ahead of the league’s inaugural season.

NEWS: 400m Olympic silver medalist Salwa Eid Naser has signed with @grandslamtrack.bsky.social as a Racer.

We’ll see her vs. Olympic gold medalist Marileidy Paulino go head-to-head in 200m/400m at each of the four Slams.

Nozomi Tanaka has signed on as a Racer for the 3000m/5000m group with @grandslamtrack.bsky.social ahead of the professional track league’s inaugural season in 2025. She makes history as the league’s first Japanese athlete. 🇯🇵

100% agree. My only criticism is it felt a bit disjointed vs season 1. I don’t think people appreciate the difficulty of making a retrospective docuseries like this. Still think most (avid and casual fans) found it entertaining. Big question is will there be a 3rd season?

Really tough choice between Tara and Gabby for me.

If this is going to work we probably have to started replying instead of just liking. One thing that made Threads slow down significantly after a great start is it was boring. I’ll try to do better.

Since the Paris Olympics we’ve announced over 35 Olympic medalists and finalists as @grandslamtrack.bsky.social Racers. Last week we announced Kingston, Miami, Philly, and LA as our host cities. I couldn’t be prouder of our progress. Thanks to all the fans who continue to support us! More to come!