Lyles, Van Niekerk and Holloway confirmed for Boston
World champions Noah Lyles, Steven Gardiner and Grant Holloway lead the fields for the adidas Boost Boston Games on Sunday 23 May, organisers of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting confirmed on Tuesday (19).
Wayde van Niekerk and Dafne Schippers, back-to-back world champions in 2015 and 2017 over 400m and 200m respectively, are also set to compete at North America’s first and only ‘street meet’.
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, no spectators will be permitted at this year’s adidas Boost Boston Games, but it will be shown live internationally via local broadcasters and the World Athletics YouTube channel.
