Tokyo Olympics 110m hurdles champion Hansle Parchment is amongst six Jamaican athletes who’ve joined Grand Slam Observe, a brand new skilled observe and discipline league based by former American Olympic champion Michael Johnson.
The league is about to debut in Kingston, with its first meet scheduled for April 4-6 on the Nationwide Stadium.
Grand Slam Observe introduced the names of the rivals yesterday. Parchment will likely be joined by fellow dash hurdler Orlando Bennett and 400m hurdles specialist Malik James-King. On the ladies’s aspect, the Jamaican representatives embody World 100m hurdles champion Danielle Williams, 400m hurdles finalist for the Paris Olympic Video games Shiann Salmon, and World Underneath-20 100m champion Alana Reid, who was additionally a member of Jamaica’s 4x100m relay group that reached the ultimate on the Paris Olympics final yr.
These six athletes will be part of 4 different Jamaicans already invited to the sequence, bringing the whole to 10. The beforehand introduced rivals embody 400m hurdler Roshawn Clarke, 100m sprinter Indirect Seville, 100m dash hurdler Ackera Nugent, and 400m specialist Nickisha Pryce.
