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Golden Gala without speed limits
Women’s 100 metres with World and Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, the men’s 100 metres with Justin Gatlin, Jmmy Vicaut and Kim Collins, men’s 400 metres witn Lashawn Merritt and the women’s 100 metres hurdles with Sally Pearson and Brianna Rollins
Star-studded high jump in Golden Gala
Five high jumpers who cleared 2.40 Bohdan Bondarenko, Ivan Ukhov, Mutaz Barshim, Aleksey Dmitrik and Derek Drouin will highlight a eagerly-awaited star-studded field on 5th June at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
OMEGA and IAAF Diamond League launch smartphone app
A special application for smartphones to follow the 14 Diamond League meetings, including the Golden Gala "Pietro Mennea" on 5th June, is available from today
Bolt will not take part to the Golden Gala 2014
Usain Bolt will not take part to the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2014, to be staged on 5 June later this year.
Golden Gala, Diamond Races 2014
The distribution of the event disciplines of the 2014 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea where points can be scored for the Diamond Race has been announced.
Golden Gala: Gatlin upset Bolt in a close race in Rome
Olympic bronze medallist Justin Gatlin upset six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt edging him by just o.01 sec in 9.94 in a very close 100m race in the magic Rome athletics night. Gatlin did not show any signs of fatigue after the cancellation of two flights following his Eugene win in a wind-assisted 9.88 last Saturday.
Golden Gala-Pietro Mennea presents its stars
Golden Gala Meeting Director Luigi D’Onofrio met Italian and International media on the eve of the 33rd edition of the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea tomorrow evening at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Bolt: "I want dominate on the world stage in the next four years"
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt talked in front of media representatives at the press-conference of the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea on 6th June at the famous Rome Olympic Stadium, the fifth leg of the IAAF Diamond League. Bolt will start his Diamond League season in Rome where he won the last two editions in 2011 in 9.91 and in 2012 in the meeting record of 9.76.
Golden Gala: Bolt arrived in Rome
The fastest man in the world arrived in Italy. On 6th June he will run on the Olympic Stadium track
Golden Gala and the art of speed
A lot of collateral initiatives for the International meeting on 6th June at the Rome Olympic Stadium