Kwemoi excited to be first Kenyan to join the Grand Slam Track train

Kenya’s Olympic 5000m silver medal winner, Ronald Kwemoi is excited to be the first Kenyan to be signed to race in the Grand Slam Track, the new global home of professional track competition.

Kwemoi a former 1500m runner who still holds the world U20 record in that event is the second African after Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga to be signed on to compete in a track and field league with the highest prize money on offer.

‘I am very excited to be the first athlete representing my country of Kenya in Grand Slam Track. I want to continue to test myself against the best runners in the world, and Grand Slam Track’ is the perfect stage for that.

This league is a great project to be a part of, and it will be very exciting when the Slams begin next year,’ Kwemoi told the event’s official website.

Kwemoi join a stacked roster of talents announced so far in Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Melissa Jefferson, Masai Russell, Quincy Hall, Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Cyrena Samba-Mayela, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alison Dos Santos, Samukonga, and Clement Ducos.

The Grand Slam Track is created by Michael Johnson, a Hall of Fame track and field star, universally recognized as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships across his career and held world and Olympic records in both the 200m and 400m races.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Johnson became the first and only male athlete to win the gold medal in both the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics.