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Alexis Ohanian's Athlos NYC 2024: When and where to watch, top athletes competing and more

Modified Sep 26, 2024 13:46 GMT

The Athlos NYC 2024 track meet formerly known as the 776 Invitational is all set to be held on Thursday (September 26) at New York's Icahn Stadium. The track meet will be a female competition powered by Serena Williams' husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

The competition will start around 7 pm ET and will be available for fans to enjoy through the official YouTube channel of Athlos. ESPN+ and DAZN will also live-stream this female-only meet for the track enthusiasts. Tickets for the live experience of this debut edition of the Athlos Meet are also available on Athlos' official website.

The Athlos NYC 2024 track meet will feature six events: 100m hurdles, 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 800m dash, and 1500m dash. A total of 36 athletes from various nationalities will compete in these six races. Gabby Thomas, reigning 200m Olympic champion, will be one of the major attractions of this track meet.

The Athlos NYC meet is also approved by World Athletics and is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour (silver level). Moreover, the meeting also has a very appealing and lucrative prize money pool for participants, with the winner of a race taking home around 60,000 USD. The second and third-placed contestants will bag around 25,000 USD and 10,000 USD respectively.

Besides these electrifying races in the competition, the Athlos NYC meet will also feature music performances by prominent artists such as Megan Thee Stallion and DJ Derrick.

Athlos NYC 2024 track meet: Top athletes to feature in the event

Gabby Thomas set to feature at the Athlos NYC 2024 track meet (Image via: Getty Images)

The Athlos NYC 2024 track meet will feature numerous formidable track and field athletes across the six events it offers. Several Olympians such as Gabby Thomas and Masai Russell will also be gracing the Icahn Stadium on Thursday.

Coming on the back of three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Thomas will lead the 200m event roster and will also be one of the favorites to clinch the mammoth 60,000 USD prize money from this event. Besides Thomas, Brittany Brown, Anavia Battle, and Tamara Clark will also feature in the 200m dash.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist, Faith Kipyegon, will also run the meet's 1500m event after consecutive Diamond League victories in Rome and Brussels. The 100m hurdles roster is also stacked up with numerous Olympians such as Masai Russell, Alaysha Johnson, and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

Alexis Holmes, a Paris Olympic gold medalist, will participate in the 400m dash alongside the reigning 400m Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino and Dutch athlete Lieke Klaver. Other top athletes to feature in the 2024 Athlos track meet include Marie Josee Ta-Lou Smith, Candace Hill, and Tonea Marshall.