“I haven’t felt this nervous since July 1996,” four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson joked. “It’s the same nerves that I felt when I was competing, where you know that you're the best, but you have to go out there and prove it.”
The former sprinter was speaking to media ahead of the launch of his new passion project, Grand Slam Track, which gets underway in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday. A new track league of four meets involving head-to-heads between the world’s best athletes, Grand Slam Track promises fans and athletes Olympic-style competition - but much more frequently than every four years.
