All eight athletes in each of the six race categories are guaranteed to earn between US$100,000-$10,000 in prize money per meet, depending on where they rank.
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At the first stop of the Grand Slam Track season, hosted by the Jamaican capital, Australian Paris 2024 silver medallist Jessica Hull finished fourth in the women’s “short distance” category to pick up US$25,000 (A$40,000).
Peter Bol.
Peter Bol racing in Miami. Mary Holt/Grand Slam Track
In a slow and tactical affair in Miami on Sunday (AEST), Hull finished fourth in the 1500m in 4:07.67.
The Albion Park product will lace up again on Monday (AEST) to run the 800m.
Two-time Australian Olympian Sarah Carli also competed on Sunday, finishing fifth in the 400m hurdles in 54.93 seconds.
The Wollongong product is entered in the women’s “long hurdles” category, meaning she’s in Miami to race the 400m hurdles and 400m sprint, the latter of which will be run on Monday.
Sarah Carli at the Miami leg of the inaugural Grand Slam Track season. Howard Lao/Grand Slam Track
Diamond League results
Meanwhile, three Australians landed on the podium at the Shanghai Diamond League meet on Saturday night.
Melbourne runner Sarah Billings finished second in the 800m and clocked the second-fastest time by an Australian woman in history.
She stopped the clock at 1:57.83 to fall short of Catriona Bisset’s national record by just 0.05 of a second.
Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma won in 1:56.64, a meet and national record, and Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi took third in 1:58.39.
Australia’s brilliant high jump pair, Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson, netted silver and bronze respectively.
Olyslagers’ 1.98 metres and Patterson’s 1.95m were only bettered by Ukrainian champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the reigning Olympic and world championship gold medallist, who cleared 2.00m.
Tokyo Speed Race results
Over in the Japanese capital on Saturday night, the women’s and men’s Australian 10km road records tumbled.
Dual Olympian Izzi Batt-Doyle finished third in 30:44 to better the 31:15 she ran at Melbourne’s Albert Park last September.
In the men’s 10km race, Tasmania’s Sam Clifford finished sixth in 27:34 to eclipse Jack Rayner’s 27:43 set in Burnie in 2022.
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