GrandSlam criticism and advice !

1. Grand Sham Track

- Michael Johnson indicates that they are struggling to pay the athletes. As of July they owed athletes approximately $13million.
https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/08/michael-johnson-grand-slam-track-admit-theyre-struggling-to-pay-athletes-2026-wont-happen-unless-they-do/

2. Diamond League - I have really warmed up to it. A few key highlights that I cared about:

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/14464374-silesia-diamond-league-2025-recap-news-and-results

a. 1500 meters (men) - Yared Nuguse needed to win this to quality for the Diamond League Championship (which he did) - Now ne need to win the championship 1500M to get to worlds in Tokyo.
b. 100 meters (men) - Thompson 1st - Lyles 2nd - Kenny 3rd.
c. 1500 meters (women) - Gudaf Tsegay wins (3:50.62) - Beatrice Chebet 2nd (3.54)
d. 3000 meters (women) - Faith was going for the WR (8:06.11 Junxia Wang 1993) but missed it by less than 1 second (8:07.04)

3. Fred Kerley - Where are you?

https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/45960815/american-sprinter-fred-kerley-provisionally-suspended-anti-doping-whereabouts-failures

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