Five world leading performances highlight the Golden Gala in Rome

World athletics stars set to shine in the Rome athletics night

16 Tokyo Olympic champions set to compete at the Golden Gala

The official entry-list of the Golden Gala, scheduled on Thursday 9 June at the Olympic Stadium, has been published. The new entries are silver medallists Kenneth Bednarek (200 metres) and Mo Ahmed (5000m) (ph. Quine/Wanda Diamond League)

Golden Gala sprint with Kerley and Thompson Herah

The Olympic stadium at full speed on 9 June: in the 100m the Olympic silver medallist, 200m with the three-time Olympic champion Thompson Herah, and Miller Uibo, Asher Smith and Felix, the 400m with James and the 200m with Bednarek and the Italian 4x100 relay sprinters (ph. Wanda Diamond League)

Tamberi, Mihambo and Negeotte: Rome jumps in gold

Three olympic gold medallists will compete in the high jump, in the long jump and in the pole vault at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. Italian jumper Tamberi will compete in front of his home crowd. German jumper Mihambo will face Sagnia and Bekh Romanchuk. US pole vaulter Nageotte will take on Stefanidi and Morris. (ph. Wanda Diamond League)

Middle distance races: Mu, Barega, Muir and Girma

Wanda Diamond League in Rome with two Olympic gold medallists. The programme features the women’s 800m and 1500m, the men’s 5000m and 3000m steeplechase. Italian walker Massimo Stano highlights the men’s 3000m walking race. (Ph. Wanda Diamond League)

The Olympic Stadium launches the stars Stahl and Kovacs

On Thursday 9th June two super throw competitions take place in the Olympic Stadium. The entire Olympic podium and rising star Ceh will compete in the men’s discus throw. The Olympic silver medallist Kovacs from the USA will take on world indoor gold medallist Romani in the men’s shot put (ph. Wanda Diamond League)

Hurdlers to the rhythm of Camacho Quinn and Bol

Olympic 100m hurdles champion Jasmine Camacho Quinn will face world champion Ali in the fifth leg of the Wanda Diamond League. The 400m hurdles features Olympic bronze medallist Femke Bol, who recently broke the world all-time best in the 300m hurdles (ph. Wanda Diamond League)

Thompson Herah and Mu are the queens at the Golden Gala

The fastest woman in the world Elaine Thompson Herah, olympic champion in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100 relay, will compete in the Rome Olympic Stadium on Thursday 9 June (200 metres). Twenty-year-old US athlete Athing Mu, who triumphed in the 800 metres at the Olympic Games, will run in the two lap event. The men’s 400 metres features 4x400 relay Olympic champion Michael Cherry (Ph. Colombo/FIDAL)

Marcell Jacobs won't partecipate in the Golden Gala

The Olympic champion didn’t completely recovered from his muscle injury diagnosed last week