Coleman set to sizzle at New York Grand Prix

Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion at 100 meters, will race over his specialty distance on the USATF New York Grand Prix on Sunday, June 12, organizers introduced as we speak, June 2.

A brand new gold-level cease on World Athletics’ Continental Tour Gold, the USATF New York Grand Prix will happen at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island in New York Metropolis on Sunday, June 12. Tickets for the occasion on at the moment are on sale at https://www.usatf.org/tickets.

Coleman, the world record-holder at 60 meters, gained the silver medal over 60 meters on the World Athletics Indoor Championships earlier this yr and is coming off a third-place end over 100 meters on the Nike Prefontaine Traditional in Eugene, Oregon. Within the 100 meters in New York, Coleman will face-off in opposition to the beforehand introduced Erriyon Knighton, the quickest man on the planet this yr over 200m. Reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles, additionally beforehand introduced for the lads’s 100 meters, has moved to the lads’s 200 meters.

Extra new athlete bulletins embody for New York Grand Prix:

• Two-time Olympic finalist Devon Allen will face beforehand introduced reigning world champion Grant Holloway within the 110m hurdles.

• Brooklyn-born Michael Cherry, the fourth-place finisher in final yr’s Olympic Video games and winner of the 2021 Diamond League, will race within the 400m in New York.

• 2022 World Indoor Champion Ajee’ Wilson will headline with the ladies’s 800m.

• Within the males’s 800m, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy will face 2022 World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Bryce Hoppel.

The 2022 New York Grand Prix will probably be proven dwell on NBC from 4:00 p.m. to six:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, June 12 and is a member of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold.

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