The Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki meet will be a rare opportunity for Japanese track and field fans to get to see some of the world's elite athletes from outside of the country in person, as well as top Japanese ones.
The 2015 edition will feature Sally Pearson, the women's 100 -meter hurdles gold medalist in the 2011 world championships and 2012 London Olympics, and Bohdan Bondarenko, the gold medalist in the men's high jump in the 2013 world championships. Russia's famous female long jumper Darya Klishina and the United States' two-way athlete Tianna Bartoletta will also be in action at Kawasaki Stadium on Sunday.
The Golden Grand Prix is the third meet of the International Association of Athletics Federations' Diamond Challenge circuit in 2015.