The most important name Johnson has made is excluding half the game of athletics.
Nice Britain’s Jazmin Sawyers believes Grand Slam Monitor can’t obtain the change it seeks with out together with area occasions.
The European indoor lengthy leap champion informed the Telegraph, exterior: “[Johnson] talks about revolutionising the game, however in its present iteration that is not occurring. The game is athletics, that is the game that is given him the life that he has.”
In the meantime, the USA’s two-time reigning Olympic discus champion Valarie Allman defended area eventers as athletes who “need to compete essentially the most” and hopes new competitions “recognise that observe and area is a complete bundle”.
In response to the criticism which adopted that call, Johnson stated: “I like this sport. However I’ve had time to reconcile the truth that if we proceed to simply do the identical factor, inform people who ‘you must love this’ or ‘you must perceive this’ – that does not work.
“Grand Slam Monitor is observe, that’s what we’re doing. I’m going to save lots of what I feel I can save; I feel I can save observe, I do not assume I can save observe and area.
“Placing the 2 collectively works on the Olympics and World Championships, however I am unsure it really works while you’re making an attempt to create an expert sport outdoors of these world competitions.”