{"id":2256,"date":"2025-06-02T15:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:27:21","slug":"tamberi-set-for-season-debut-at-golden-gala-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/tamberi-set-for-season-debut-at-golden-gala-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamberi set for season debut at Golden Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s now official: Gianmarco <strong>Tamberi<\/strong> will compete on Friday, 6 June, at the <strong>Golden Gala Pietro Mennea \u2013 Presented by IP<\/strong>, fifth leg of the Wanda Diamond League. The Olympic high jump champion from Tokyo, current world and European title holder, is set to make his season debut at the Stadio Olimpico \u2013 265 days after his last competitive outing in Brussels last September, where he claimed his third Wanda Diamond League crown. On Friday evening, Tamberi will return in <strong>Rome<\/strong> jumping beneath the Curva Sud, one year on from his glorious 2.37m triumph at the European Championships \u2013 in a stadium he cherishes, and that adores him in equal measure. His participation follows a poll he posted on Instagram last Saturday, asking fans whether he should compete in Rome. Unsurprisingly, the response was a resounding yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE COMPETITION \u2013 Friday, 9:01 PM<\/strong><br>With the roar of the Olimpico behind him, the high jump contest will get underway featuring Tamberi and three fellow Italians: Stefano <strong>Sottile<\/strong>, Matteo <strong>Sioli<\/strong>, and Manuel <strong>Lando<\/strong>. Gimbo will face a world-class field including Paris Olympic champion Hamish <strong>Kerr<\/strong> (New Zealand, 2.36m PB), reigning world indoor champion and last year\u2019s Golden Gala winner <strong>Woo<\/strong> Sang-hyeok (South Korea), current world silver medallist JuVaughn <strong>Harrison<\/strong> (USA), and world leader Oleh <strong>Doroshchuk<\/strong> of Ukraine (2.34m in Apeldoorn this March). Other notable names include Jamaican duo Raymond <strong>Richards<\/strong> and Romaine <strong>Beckford<\/strong>, as well as Czech jumper Jan <strong>Stefela<\/strong> \u2013 all will be potential rivals at the World Championships in Tokyo this September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GIMBO\u2019S SEVENTH GOLDEN GALA<\/strong><br>Tamberi has won it all: Olympic gold, world indoor and outdoor titles, three European outdoor championships, one indoor crown, and three Diamond League trophies. But one goal still eludes him \u2013 victory at the Golden Gala. Despite six previous appearances in Rome and Florence, he\u2019s never managed to top the podium at the home meeting. His best result was second place in 2020 and his best clearance 2.33m in Florence 2021. He also placed third in 2016, 2022, and 2024, and finished fourth in 2019. However, he did triumph at the Stadio Olimpico last year, with an unforgettable 2.37m at the European Championships \u2013 cheered by none other than President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS, 62 GLOBAL MEDALLISTS<\/strong><br>Tamberi\u2019s confirmed presence adds even more star power to the 45th edition of the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, Italy\u2019s most prestigious athletics meet, established in 1980 by Primo Nebiolo. The line-up now includes 11 Olympic champions from Paris and previous Games. Among the individual gold medallists from the 2024 Games: Kenya\u2019s Beatrice <strong>Chebet<\/strong> (5000m and 10,000m \u2013 competing in the 5000m in Rome), Greece\u2019s Miltiadis <strong>Tentoglou<\/strong> (long jump), Americans Valarie <strong>Allman<\/strong> (discus throw) and Quincy <strong>Hall<\/strong> (400m), Dominica\u2019s Thea <strong>LaFond<\/strong> (triple jump), and the aforementioned Hamish <strong>Kerr<\/strong> (high jump). With Tamberi joining the field, the men\u2019s high jump features two Olympic champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other major names include: Croatia\u2019s Sandra <strong>Elkasevic<\/strong> (formerly Perkovic), gold medallist in the discus in both London and Paris; Grenada\u2019s Kirani <strong>James<\/strong>, 400m gold medallist in London; Italy\u2019s Filippo <strong>Tortu<\/strong> (200m), and the USA\u2019s Vernon <strong>Norwood<\/strong> (400m) \u2013 both Olympic relay champions in the 4&#215;100 and 4&#215;400 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 21 Italians will feature, including fellow Paris Olympic medallists Nadia <strong>Battocletti<\/strong> (silver in the 10,000m \u2013 competing the 5000m) and Mattia <strong>Furlani<\/strong> (bronze in the long jump and recently crowned world indoor champion), as well as European champions Leonardo <strong>Fabbri<\/strong> (shot put) and Lorenzo <strong>Simonelli<\/strong> (110m hurdles).<br><br><strong>About the Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><br>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final, which will be held in Zurich on 27 and 28 August 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 265 days, Tokyo\u2019s Olympic champion returns to action, headlining the high jump at...","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rome-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/2433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rome.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}