Kerr Claims First Slam Win And $100,000 In Miami

Britain's Josh Kerr claimed his first Grand Slam Track title and $100,000 (£75,000) successful prize money acknowledgment to a fifth-place decorativeness successful nan 800m astatine nan 2nd arena of nan bid successful Miami.

World 1500m champion Kerr won nan 1500m successful nan men's short region class connected Friday to return nan maximum 12 points from that race.

Points from nan 1500m and 800m are mixed to nutrient an wide winner.

The 27-year-old Scot vanished level connected 16 points pinch American Yared Nuguse aft their performances successful nan 800m, but Kerr took nan wide triumph based connected having nan highest individual finish.

Kerr, who vanished seventh astatine nan inaugural Grand Slam Track meet successful Kingston, Jamaica, past month, said: "If I support progressing nan measurement I am, past I tin travel distant pinch 2 much slams this twelvemonth and beryllium really proud."

Canada's Olympic metallic medallist Marco Arop won nan men's 800m successful 1 infinitesimal and 43.69 seconds, up of American Nuguse (1:43.75) who besides vanished runner-up successful nan 1500m.

After his commencement to 2025 was disrupted by unwellness and injury, Olympic 1500m metallic medallist Kerr showed he is returning to shape by clocking a individual champion 1:45.01 complete 2 laps connected Saturday.

Also connected Saturday, American Olympic 100m bronze medallist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden pipped Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas to triumph successful nan women's short sprints group.

Thomas ran a season's champion 21.95 seconds to triumph her favoured arena aft finishing 4th successful nan 100m connected Friday, but 100m victor Jefferson-Wooden produced a 200m individual champion of 22.15 for 3rd to triumph by 1 point.

Britain's Daryll Neita placed eighth successful 22.93.

In nan men's agelong sprints, Matthew Hudson-Smith ran 44.37 for 3rd successful nan 400m, finishing 5th wide aft placing seventh successful nan 200m.

The last time of Grand Slam Track action successful Miami sees Britain's George Mills purpose for triumph successful nan men's agelong region subject arsenic he races complete 5,000m aft his third-place decorativeness successful nan 3,000m.

Zharnel Hughes races complete 200m aft placing 4th successful nan 100m, while successful nan women's agelong sprints group Amber Anning competes successful nan 200m.

There are 2 much three-day slams aft Miami - successful Philadelphia from 30 May and Los Angeles from 27 June.