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Damaged athletics gala Grand Slam Track will be broadcast on Swedish TV.
But the world’s most famous profile must not be included.
“It’s just to note that Mondo Duplantis is the biggest star of athletics – and he’s not there,” says three -stage icon Jonathan Edwards to Spanish relevant.
He has come to become the face out for all sports. With its two Olympic golds, five World Cup golds and four European Championships in Stavhopp is Armand Duplantis25, without doubt the most clearly brilliant star in the athletics sky.
Many miss Armand Duplantis
Despite its high status, however, it is clear that “Mondo” Duplantis is not welcome to the new multi -million investment Grand Slam Track, a new athletics that will be arranged on four occasions during the spring and summer. Unless he changes branch of course.
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The new league, as the icon Michael Johnson is behind, is only for sprinters and medium distance runners. They are set against each other in duels and a full 130 (!) Million is in the prize pool. No technology branches (jumps and throws) are included in the Grand Slam Track. The decision to exclude several branches has been criticized by many.
– It’s a shame. It’s just to note that Mondo Duplantis is the biggest star of athletics – and he’s not there, says Trestegsikonen Jonathan Edwards to Spanish relevant.
Broadcast on Swedish TV
Michael Johnson sees the venture as a rescue operation, to increase the status of athletics. In Sweden, the gala, which begins on April 4 in Kingston, Jamaica, will be broadcast by the big company Max. They have bought the rights for several years. Tommy Åström and Peter Häggström Will comment on the final broadcasts. The league then ends in Los Angeles, the last weekend in June. The final broadcasts appear on Channel 9.
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– We can look forward to new super times and spectacular world record attacks when we get this unique running series with a whole bunch of Olympic Master and medalists from Paris this summer, says Tommy Åström in a statement.
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