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London is to host a star-studded all-female Athlos athletics meeting on 18 September as founder Alexis Ohanian builds towards his dream of it becoming \u201cF1 for track and field\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ohanian, who is married to tennis legend Serena Williams, has added a London date prior to the meeting in New York, which is in its third year and takes place a fortnight later.<\/p>\n The London event will take place at StoneX Stadium, the 10,500-capacity ground used by Saracens rugby union side in Barnet. It is also the home stadium of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, whose athletes over the years have included Olympians Dave Bedford, Daryll Neita, Zharnel Hughes, Ashia Hansen, Natasha Danvers and Yamil\u00e9 Aldama.<\/p>\n Athlos is owned entirely by Ohanian\u2019s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, which has assets of $900m (\u00a3670m) \u2013 but competing athletes will receive equity in the league if the competition succeeds.<\/p>\n The athletes on board, who include the 2023 100m world champion and 2024 Olympic silver medallist Sha\u2019Carri Richardson and Paris Games 200m winner Gabby Thomas, will compete for a prize pot of $2.1m (\u00a31.5m).<\/p>\n Athletes can earn up to $65,000 in each individual event, while overall champions will receive an additional $25,000, meaning an athlete winning in both cities could pocket $155,000.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve long been very obsessed with this \u2018F1 for track and field\u2019 analogy,\u201d Ohanian told the BBC. \u201cWe come to expect the fastest cars in the world to tour the greatest global cities, and for people to come out and watch and celebrate this excellence.<\/p>\n