The professional monitor league nonetheless collectively owes thousands and thousands of kilos to athletes and its different distributors.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, one of many greatest names in monitor and subject, is one in every of a number of stars owed six-figure sums by Grand Slam Monitor.
The American, who lit up the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo by successful the 400m in 47.78, competed on the Kingston, Miami and Philadelphia Slams.
Nonetheless the fourth and remaining Grand Slam Monitor occasion of 2025 – in Los Angeles in June – was cancelled following money circulation issues and poor crowds on the first three occasions.
Final week the professional monitor league filed for a Chapter 11 Chapter, aimed toward restructuring the enterprise and finally staging a comeback.
Grand Slam Monitor initially claimed it had $30 million in funding, however the league quickly received into monetary bother and located itself unable to pay athletes and distributors.
In October, it distributed $5.5 million to athletes – about half what they had been owed – however there remained giant sums owed.
Court docket paperwork now present that seven athletes are among the many 20 greatest collectors nonetheless collectively owed thousands and thousands by Grand Slam Monitor.
McLaughlin-Levrone is owed $356,250 whereas 2023 world 1500m champion and double Olympic medallist Josh Kerr is ready on $218,750.
Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas is owed $249,375 whereas her compatriots Kenny Bednarek and Melissa Jefferson-Picket are due $225,000 and $190,625 respectively.
The identical quantity is owed to 2022 world 400m hurdles champion Alison dos Santos and Olympic 400m champion Marileidy Paulino is ready on $211,875.
Grand Slam Monitor founder Michael Johnson acknowledged he “refuses to surrender on the mission of Grand Slam Monitor and the longer term we’re constructing collectively”.
He stated: “Grand Slam Monitor was based to create knowledgeable platform that displays the expertise and dedication of this sport’s athletes. Whereas GST has confronted vital challenges which have brought about frustrations for a lot of – myself included – I refuse to surrender on the mission of Grand Slam Monitor and the longer term we’re constructing collectively.”
