Amusan, Ofili, Others Miss Monitor Grand SlamOlympics bronze medallist, Ese Brume, says she is recovering quick from the current ‘horrible’ automotive crash in america. Brume, who gained Nigeria’s lengthy bounce bronze medal on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, narrowly survived the crash during which the automotive she was travelling along with her buddy, a Briton, was squeezed after it was hit from behind by an SUV.
Whereas Brume had a sprained ankle and strained neck in the course of the accident, her British buddy strained her shoulder, had a mind concussion and a few cuts.
The information of Brume’s automotive crash in america brought on a significant panic again dwelling, significantly, amongst athletics followers after seeing footage of the crash.
Nonetheless, Brume advised The Guardian in a phone chat yesterday that she is recovering quick .“I get higher,” she stated. “My buddy can also be recovering quick. I thank all those that despatched phrases throughout to me. I’m hopeful every part will probably be alright and I will probably be again in coaching quickly. ”
Brume’s bronze medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was Nigeria’s solely observe and discipline medal on the Olympics after Blessing Okagbare had gained a silver medal in Beijing.
In the meantime, reigning world 100m hurdles file holder, Tobi Amusan, Olympics 200m finalist, Favour Ofili, 2023 NCAA 200m champion, Udodi Onwuzurike and some different Nigerian athletes is not going to be a part of the Grand Slam Racers following the announcement of the ultimate 5 to spherical out the category of 48 athletes signed to compete in all 4 Slams of inaugural Grand Slam Monitor within the coming season.
Former US four-time Olympics champion, Michael Johnson launched the Grand Slam Monitor, set to be the brand new international dwelling {of professional} observe competitors, earlier this yr and on Thursday introduced the signings of Caleb Dean, Diribe Welteji, Freddie Crittenden, Brittany Brown, and Zharnel Hughes.
In response to SportsNow.com, they’re the ultimate 5 of 48 signed racers to be introduced, and all of them will compete in all 4 Slam occasions in the course of the league’s inaugural 2025 season.
What this implies is that no Nigerian observe athlete will compete as racers within the new international observe solely competitors.
Johnson has, nonetheless, not slammed the door completely on the Nigerian observe stars, as they nonetheless have alternative to be among the many 48 extra ‘Challengers’ that will probably be introduced sooner or later to compete on the Slams in Kingston, Miami, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
Whereas the racers will obtain a yearly compensation for racing in every Slam, they’re eligible for full prize cash and also will obtain yearly contracts, entry to the Grand Slam Monitor content material and knowledge companies staff, inclusion within the league collective, group licensing and new income alternatives, plus entry to world class athlete assist companies all through the season. The Challengers will solely be paid a set look payment to compete at particular person Slams along with the prize cash on supply.
‘The winner of every Slam group will take dwelling $100,000 in prize cash, and the eighth place competitor will earn $10,000 from the full prize cash of $12.6m that will probably be awarded throughout the slams every year.
This will probably be along with the bottom compensation and look charges paid to racers.
