They had big plans — about $30 million lined up from investors and partners. Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track promised to change the game, handing out prize money that track and field athletes had only dreamed of. Win a Slam and you’d pocket $100,000, and even if you didn’t win, you’d still walk away with something. They even set aside a $12.6 million prize fund. On paper, that meant someone like Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone could rake in millions just in prize money. But here’s the twist — the latest word is that a lot of athletes still haven’t even seen their appearance fees, and the prize money? No one has a clue where it is. So… how did it all go so wrong?

Michael Johnson, the face of Grand Slam Track, admitted that a key investor backed out, walking away from an eight-figure term sh

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