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Olympics 100m champion Noah Lyles has given his opinion on whether he would be comfortable running at Grand Slam Track in Jamaica following threats to his fiancé Junelle Bromfield.
American sprint king Noah Lyles is among some star names yet to sign up for Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track that will gun off with the opening leg in Kingston, Jamaica next year.
Johnson has already attracted some of the top names such as Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Masai Russel as well as Lyles’ rivals like Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley.
The first of the four meets in 2025 will be in Kingston, Jamaica from April 4-6, then Miami (May 2-4), Philadelphia (May 30-June 1) before concluding in Los Angeles from June 27-29.
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However, it seems the meet has not entirely convinced the sport’s biggest name yet going by Lyles’ response to a fan who asked him if he would be comfortable running in Kingston given the trolling and death threats his fiancé Junelle Bromfield received from Jamaicans this year.
“With everything that’s happened with Noah & his fiancé I wonder if he’d race in Jamaica?? @LylesNoah I would buy a ticket if you announced running in GST Jamaica,” the fan asked Lyles, after tickets for the lucrative meet went on sale on Friday.
His response was a bit cryptic but it suggested the Grand Slam Track program appears to clash with his plans which might make an appearance difficult, leave alone any issues that he might have about running in Jamaica.
“I will keep that in mind. Unfortunately, the track meet is already in a weird spot for my training. But I will definitely keep it in mind if we can make it work,” Lyles responded.
Lyles’ sentiments leave his participation at the event in doubt with the sprinter having already expressed reservations over the meet’s lack of a broadcasting partner.
“[Grand Slam Track is] still in the same position [with me] as it has been all year. And if a tree falls in the woods… did it make a sound?” Lyles posed in a previous interview with LetsRun.
Going by his latest sentiments, it seems Johnson has a lot of convincing to do before the biggest name of them all signs up for his event, which will be paying $100,000 to winners of each discipline per meet.
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