 The USATF Bermuda Grand Prix event schedule has been released, with the event set to be held on Sunday, May 21st.
A release states, “All roads are leading to the Flora Duffy South Field Stadium at the National Sports Center this Sunday, May 21st for the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix.
Olympic Gold Medalist Andre De Grasse will double up in the 100m and 200m races. Two-time World Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist Noah Lyles will go head-to-head with De Grasse in the 100m alongside 2019 World Champion, Christian Coleman and young Jamaican sensation Ackeem Blake.
Current World Leader and Olympic Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn will be continuing her winning trail over the 100m Hurdles. Jamaican World Champion, Danielle Williams, and Olympic Bronze medalist Megan Tapper will also challenge in the sprint hurdlers. Continuing with some of the top sprint hurdlers, 2022 World Indoor Bronze Medalist Gabby Cunningham and American Hurdler Tonea Marshall.
Olympic Gold Medalist and 400m enthusiast Steven Gardiner is set to compete in his signature race the 400m. Widely considered one of the smoothest runners on the planet he will surely impress. The biggest challenge to Gardiner will come from Trevor Stewart, the American is fresh off his win in Freeport Bahamas last weekend where he went 44.92 in windy conditions for a convincing victory.
The one to beat in Bermuda is Abby Steiner, taking on the curve in the 200m with Bahamian Anthonique Strachan, the 6-time national champion. Some of the World’s best horizontal jumpers are here in Bermuda. The 3-way battle for the triple jump title begins; between 2x-Olympic Gold Medalist Christian Taylor, 2x-Olympic Silver Medalist Will Claye, and 8x-National Champion Donald Scott. Bermudian Triple Jumper Jah-Nhai Perinchief is scheduled to challenge the Olympians in this elite competition.
The epic battle between the Women’s Long Jump continues between Tokyo Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall with a world-leading jump of 7.07m and 2015 Nacac Champion Quanesha Burks with a current jump of 6.95m.
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