Dalilah Muhammad welcomes the arrival of Grand Slam Observe

Dalilah Muhammad says occasions just like the Grand Slam Observe give athletes extra alternatives.
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The Grand Slam Observe, an expert observe and subject league, intends to spice up the profile of the game.

The occasion, the brainchild of former sprinter Michael Johnson, affords prize cash considerably better than what athletes obtain within the Diamond League.

TCS 10K Bengaluru Worldwide Occasion Ambassador and two-time Olympic gold medallist Dalilah Muhammad welcomed the arrival of the Grand Slam Observe, stating that athletes are justified in pursuing monetary stability.

“It’s actually useful. Athletes must be compensated for what they do. There are only a few athletes who’re really making a dwelling simply from working alone, and having the ability to maintain themselves over time.

“Some athletes can solely earn a living from meets such because the Diamond Leagues. So this can be very vital that occasions just like the Grand Slam Observe give athletes extra alternatives. We do have the Diamond League, however that isn’t sufficient and we want extra,” Dalilah stated in a media interplay right here on Thursday.

Dalilah had a breakout 12 months in 2019, when the American broke the 400m girls’s hurdles World file on the USA Out of doors Observe and Area Championships with a time of 52.20s.

A few years later, Dalilah and Sydney McLaughlin went head-to-head in a dramatic showdown on the Tokyo Olympics. Each Dalilah and Sydney went underneath the World file, however it was the previous who claimed gold.

Lauds Neeraj’s feat

At Tokyo, Dalilah witnessed Neeraj Chopra clinch the lads’s javelin and develop into the primary Indian athlete to win an athletics gold medal.

“That was superb. I bear in mind watching Neeraj in Tokyo, and that was really my first expertise watching him compete. It was truthfully phenomenal, and you bought to see what it meant for the nation, the group and the folks,” Dalilah stated.