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Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Jam: Why are athletes still owed millions?

When four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson set up the Grand Slam Track league it was meant to redefine athletics, finally making it popular outside the Olympics. But just a few months after launching the whole thing collapsed: the final event was cancelled and athletes are still owed millions of dollars. So what went wrong? Can they make up the $19m shortfall? And where does this leave the athletes?

We'll be joined by Paul Doyle, agent to more than a dozen athletes who competed at Grand Slam Track, and The Athletic's Adam Crafton who's been investigating why it fell apart.

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