Athlos, Ohanian’s Women-Only Track Meet, to Expand to London

Athlos, the women’s track and field meet spearheaded by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is expanding to London this fall, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

Now entering its third year, Athlos is among a new vanguard of professional track and field events aimed at modernizing the sport for the streaming era and growing its audience in non-Olympic years. Athlos, held for the past two years at Icahn Stadium in New York City, is unique among them for featuring only women’s events.

Athlos earlier this week announced it will be returning to Icahn on Oct. 2 for one of two 2026 meets and teased that the competition is “going global.” Sportico has since learned that the international meet will take place on Sept. 18 at StoneX Stadium in North London.

Ohanian didn’t have an immediate comment.

Athlos debuted in 2024 on the heels of the Paris Olympics, staging races featuring gold medalist sprinters Gabby Thomas and Masai Russell; rapper Megan Thee Stallion hosted a post-event concert.

Ohanian in recent years has invested in various women’s sports, including NWSL’s Angel City FC, Chelsea FC Women and League One Volleyball Los Angeles. On Tuesday, he appeared on SportsCenter to share news of expanded prize money for the two-city Athlos meet this year, including a purse of $2.1 million and equity for participating athletes.

The forthcoming London meet will take place after two other high-profile pro track and field meets in Europe. World Athletics, the sport’s international governing body, is debuting a new competition from Sept. 11-13 in Budapest it is calling the “Ultimate Championship,” featuring reigning winners from the Olympics, World Championships and the Diamond League, the sport’s traditional circuit of professional meets. This year’s Diamond League series concludes Sept. 5 in Brussels.

Athlos and Grand Slam Track, another newcomer athletics series, debuted in the wake of the Paris Olympics with the goal of hosting more elite track and field meets in the U.S., which has had a paucity of high-level competition compared to Europe.

Grand Slam Track, founded by retired Olympic champion sprinter and television analyst Michael Johnson, has been hobbled by ongoing bankruptcy proceedings after losing funding during its kickoff season in 2025.