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2025 will bring out some of the best events in the spotlight. With the Grand Slam Track event scheduled for April, a next-month event of the track has been creating another major highlight among the fans in anticipation, which is expected to see a star-studded lineup in action before going for Michael Johnson’s event.

The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, scheduled for February 2nd in Boston, returns for the 30th time. The event attracts some of the leading names in participation on the track. While Parker Valby is making her pro debut representing New Balance as a first and 100m hurdles Paris gold medalist, Grant Holloway is already a part; the new admissions to the event have been in the news currently.

The latest entrants of the event

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With six NCAA titles, US Olympian Parker Valby has already signed her contract to join the New Balance team for the Indoor Grand Prix event in Boston. Coming off a dominant season, the participation poses tough competition alongside the new joiners, who have been all over the news now.

Paris Olympics gold medalist Rai Benjamin, a prominent figure in the 400-meter hurdles, is one of the latest entries of the event. Carrying the second position in the same event back in 2021 as part of the 400m category, the sprinter has levelled down his participation in the 300m race against Vernon Norwood, a four-time Olympic relay medalist winner. Besides Benjamin is Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner Marcell Jacobs, specialising in the 100-meter event. Coming off with a fifth-place finish in the Paris Olympics, Jacob’s entry in the event comes as a first.

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Joining Olympic gold medalists are some distant finishers carrying Olympic prominence. Donning two bronze medals in 5000m and 10000m at the Paris Olympics, Grant Fisher is targeting a win in the 1500-meter category to compete against Jake Wightman. Wightman, who won the 2022 championship in the same category, will come out as a good competitor against Fisher.

With three new male entries coming in, Jessica Hull and Georgia Bell are the two Olympic medalists to join the event. The two emerging distance sprinters, carrying silver and bronze medals, respectively, are expected to meet in the 3000-meter category. With a last-year win in the same event and under the same category, Hull is coming off with momentum. While Marcell Jacob’s participation comes as a first, his competition, however, has made him compete against one of the leading male sprinters of today.

Two leading sprinters joining as elites 

Competing alongside first-time participant Marcell Jacob, Noah Lyles is one of the biggest names to be a part of the Grand Prix. Confirming his participation in his Instagram story this week, the major update has created headlines all over social media.

Gaining prominence in the 60m category, the Paris Olympics medalist came out victorious last season. His seventh participation in the event comes with prominence, carrying three straight wins in the men’s 60m category and looking forward to making it a fourth. The second-place win in the World Indoor Championship in the 60m category and a bronze medal finish in the Paris Olympics make him a promising player to be a part of the event.

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While Noah Lyles comes off as a leading sprinter of today, Julien Alfred, representing the female sprinter, is another major athlete said to be a part. Gaining prominence from her 100m gold and 200m silver medal win in the Paris Olympics, the remarkable achievement of a 10.72 personal best set there makes her a part of the Boston event of the season along with her Diamond League win in 100m.

Both the leading sprinters of today are set to create yet another breaking performance to join in their professional career achievement. Lyles, who is coming off to defend his title, has Julien’s motive to make another sensational feat representing her native.

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