Kerr Claims First Grand Slam Track Win

Britiah Josh Kerr claimed triumph successful nan men's 1500m arsenic nan 2nd gathering of nan inaugural Grand Slam Track play sewage nether measurement successful Miami.

The world champion sprinted clear successful nan location consecutive for his first triumph of nan series.

Kerr, who won metallic astatine nan Paris 2024 Olympics, clocked 3 minutes 34.51 seconds to decorativeness up of Olympic bronze medallist Yared Nuguse and Olympic champion Cole Hocker.

The men's short region contenders will besides title complete 800m connected Saturday to find nan wide slam victor for nan subject - and nan recipient of $100,000 (£79,500).

Two-time Olympic 100m medallist Fred Kerley did not compete successful Miami aft he was arrested by constabulary connected Friday, Grand Slam Track said successful a statement.

Grand Slam Track - a conception conceived by four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson - offers a $12.6m (£10m) prize cookware successful its first season.

The inaugural arena took spot successful Kingston, Jamaica, past period but location were immense swathes of empty seats astatine nan National Stadium passim nan three-day event.

Also connected nan opening time of action successful Miami - nan 2nd of 4 slams - Olympic champion Masai Russell group an American grounds successful nan women's 100m hurdles successful a clip of 12.17 seconds, nan second-fastest successful history.

Compatriot Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won nan women's 100m but her accelerated clip of 10.75 was recorded pinch an forbidden tailwind. Britain's Daryll Neita vanished eighth successful 11.16.

Briton George Mills, 1 of 48 'challengers' astatine nan Miami event, was 3rd successful nan men's 3,000m successful 8:17.77 to springiness himself a chance of wide triumph successful Sunday's 5,000m.

Olympic 400m metallic medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith placed seventh successful nan men's 200m successful 20.64 earlier competing successful his favoured full-lap arena connected Saturday.

Athletes person points for their finishing position successful some races, pinch their mixed results determining nan champion astatine each slam.