Top athletes compete in Rome on 6 June.
The 2025 edition of the Golden Gala, Italy’s annual track and field event, will take place at Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Friday 6 June.
The Rome event, which is broadcast live on Italian television channel RAI2, is part of the Diamond League, an annual series of 14 track and field meetings for top athletes.
Now in its 45th year, the Golden Gala is a who’s-who from the world of international athletics, including Italian medallists from the Paris Olympics.
Some of the many stars to watch out for include Italians Nadia Battocletti (5,000m), Gianmarco Tamberi (high jump), Filippo Tortu (100m), Mattia Furlani (long jump) and Leonardo Fabbri (shot put); Americans Fred Kerley (100m) and Amy Hunt (100m); Kenya’s Beatrice Chabet (5,000m); and Britain’s Max Burgin (800m).
The Golden Gala began in 1980 and was dedicated to the memory of the late champion Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea in 2013.
The sporting event includes 14 specialities, seven for men and seven for women, valid for qualifying for the finals in Brussels in September.
Over the course of its history, the gala has set several world records, of which the 1,500-m (1998) and mile records (1999) by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj still stand.
For full details see the Golden Gala website. Photo credit: Raffaele Conti 88 / Shutterstock.com.
