As the 2025 Grand Slam final list of participants takes shape, anticipation is building around some of the most exciting track and field showdowns.
With elite competitors and record-breaking potential, the Women’s 100m,100m Hurdles, 400m and 400m Hurdles promise thrilling races that fans won’t want to miss.
Nugent, Russell, and Camacho-Quinn each hold personal bests of 12.24, 12.25, and 12.26 seconds respectively.
The three athletes are all ranked in the top 10 all-time for the event, with Cyrena Samba-Mayela to the mix, and the field becomes even more unpredictable.
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Women’s 400m and 400m Hurdles
The women’s 400m hurdles has been in recent time largely dominated Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
As the world’s best 400m hurdler, coming off a record-setting 400m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, McLaughlin-Levrone is expected to maintain her dominance in 2025
However, the intrigue in this event lies not in the eventual winner but in how the Olympic champion’s participation might elevate the competition pushing the rest who in turn will push her.
Challenging her will be two-time World Championship silver medalist in the 400m hurdles, Shamier Little, two-time World Championship bronze medalist Rushell Clayton, and NCAA champion and U.S. Olympian Jasmine Jones.
Also in play is whether the dominant Levrone can upset reigning Olympic 400m champion Marileidy Paulino in the 400m.
The 400m maestro has had an undefeated season, making history as the first Dominican woman to win an Olympic gold. She also secured top honors at the Diamond League Meeting final in Brussels.
Their encounter will most certainly make for a fierce match-up that fans will be licking their fingers over.
Athletics Kenya (AK) have said they will only allow runners who have registered on the federation’s database to compete in the ongoing AK Cross Country Series.
Event director Kennedy Tanui said competing in the series could be a challenge to some athletes whose details are not captured in its database, making it difficult to obtain the bib numbers.
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“We are continuing with the process of registering athletes from across the country, for those who are yet to do so. You cannot get a bib number if you have not registered with the federation,” he said.
The first leg of the Cross Country series was held in Machakos last weekend and witnessed approximately 700 athletes compete across the five categories of competition. The second leg is set for Kapsokwony Boys Secondary School, Mount Elgon on October 26. Registration has been ongoing for the past three months, with AK looking to capture the details of thousands of athletes in its database for seamless provision of services.
“We have our officials from Riadha House who will be registering athletes here (Kapsokwony). They will first register you on the database and then give you a running number,” Tanui said. More athletes are expected to line up in Kapsokwony with collection of bib numbers ongoing until Friday evening. Tanui warns that no one will be able to collect his or her bib number on the day of competition.
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