NEW YORK CITY (April 2, 2015)\u2014David Rudisha<\/b>, Blanka Vla\u0161i\u0107<\/b>, and Aje\u00e9 Wilson<\/b> will join Usain Bolt<\/b> on the roster for the adidas Grand Pri<\/b><\/b>x<\/b> on June 13, organizers announced today.<\/p>\n
Rudisha, the reigning Olympic Champion and World Record-holder at 800 meters, will be looking for his fourth-consecutive victory here, while Vla\u0161i\u0107, a four-time IAAF World Champion in the high jump, will seek to repeat her win here from 2013.<\/p>\n
Wilson, the 2012 World Junior Champion and one of the best New Jersey high school runners in history, will be seeking her first adidas Grand Prix<\/b> win\u2014in front of a hometown crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to compete in one of the world\u2019s great competitions right here in New York at Randall\u2019s Island,\u201d said Wilson, who hails from Neptune, N.J., about an hour south of Icahn Stadium. \u201cI will be ready to race against the world\u2019s best athletes, and a win would bode well for me in defending my U.S. title later in June.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets for the Diamond League event, which is marking its 11th year of bringing the world\u2019s top athletes to New York City, are on sale now at www.adidasgrandprix.com<\/link> or by calling 1-877-849-8722<\/b>.<\/p>\n
In addition to his 2012 Olympic victory, in which he ran a World Record time of 1:40.91, Rudisha is the 2011 IAAF World Champion, and has been ranked #1 in the world five times (2007, 2009-2012) by Track & Field News magazine. In 2010, he was named IAAF Male Athlete of the Year. Now 26 years old, the Kenyan superstar stunned the Icahn Stadium crowd in 2012 by stopping the clock at 1:41.74, the fastest 800 meters ever run in this country, in his U.S. debut.<\/p>\n
Vla\u0161i\u0107, 31, of Croatia, also made her U.S. debut at this meet\u2014in 2011, coming in ranked #1 in the world for four consecutive years (2007-2010). Owning the second-highest jump in history, Vla\u0161i\u0107 is also the 2008 Olympic silver medalist and in 2010 went undefeated in Diamond League competition on the way to being named the IAAF Female Athlete of the Year, alongside Rudisha. After missing the entire 2012 season to injury, she began her comeback at the adidas Grand Prix<\/b> in 2013, tying the meet record with her emotional victory.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old Wilson, who is both the 2012 World Junior Champion and 2011 World Youth Champion at 800 meters, is one of the brightest young stars in the sport. In 2014 alone, she won U.S. titles at 800 meters both indoors and outdoors, helped her team set an American Record in winning the 4×800 meters at the IAAF World Relays, and ran the fastest time in the world (1:57.67) at 800 meters for the year\u2014which she finished ranked #2 in the world.<\/p>\n
One of the premier track-and-field events in the world, the adidas Grand Prix<\/b> has hosted two World Records and 17 National Records in its first 10 years, and its fans have had the privilege of witnessing more than a dozen performances that were the fastest ever recorded on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n
The seventh stop on the international IAAF Diamond League circuit, the adidas Grand Prix<\/b> is in its 11th year at Icahn Stadium on Randall\u2019s Island, in conjunction with the Randall\u2019s Island Sports Alliance. The latest news, photos and information on the event can be found at www.adidasgrandprix.com<\/link> and here on Facebook<\/link> and Twitter<\/link>, @adidasgrandprix, #AGPNYC.<\/p>\n
About the adidas Group<\/p>\n
The adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a broad portfolio of footwear, apparel and hardware for sport and lifestyle around the core brands adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Reebok-CCM Hockey. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach\/Germany, the Group generated sales of \u20ac 14.5 billion in 2013 and currently employs 54,000 people across the globe, including 5,472 in Germany (as at December 31, 2014).<\/p>\n
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