Leading athletes still waiting on large sums owed by ill-fated Grand Slam Track

• GST founder Michael Johnson said he ‘got the athletes paid’

• Money stuck in escrow account after bankruptcy filing

Grand Slam Track athletes have still only received 50% of their earnings nearly 15 months on from the collapse of Michael Johnson’s ill-fated venture.

Many of the Grand Slam stars are at the Ultimate Championships in ­Budapest, where they are competing for a $10m (£7.4m) prize fund, the richest in the sport’s history, with first prizes of $150,000 (£111,000) for individual events.

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