Eight VIS athletes have been named in the Australian team to take on Usain Bolt and his international band of super stars at the inaugural Nitro Athletics at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium on Saturday 4th, Thursday 9th and Saturday 11th February 2017.
The team features VIS athletes Ryan Gregson, Morgan Mitchell, Genevieve LaCaze, Jeff Riseley, Luke Mathews, Linden Hall, Brooke Stratton and Kathryn Mitchell.
VIS athlete Ryan Gregson, who in Rio became the first Australian to make the men’s 1500m final in 40 years, is excited about the opportunity;
“This is something that’s never happened before and I'm just so excited to be a part of it,” Gregson said.
“The main thing is that we are going to have to try and beat the Bolt All-Stars – that’s the goal. It’s going to be fun to be a part of a team with a lot of my friends that I get along with so well.”
“The elimination mile is going to be interesting,” Gregson said.
Nine-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will headline the Bolt All-Stars for Nitro Athletics Melbourne in the series that kicks off next month and will see Australia also take on China, England, Japan and New Zealand in a new look athletics format at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium on Saturday 4th, Thursday 9th and Saturday 11th February 2017.
Bolt will be joined by four fellow Olympic champions including Rio 400m hurdles gold medallist Kerron Clement, Jamaican relay teammates Asafa Powell and Michael Frater along with 2008 Olympic hurdles champion Dawn Harper Nelson from the United States.
