Golden Gala Athletics in Florence: Jacobs, Kerley and all participants

Seven individual Olympic champions in office, as many world champions: the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 (edition no. 43), planned with 15 competitions on Friday 2 June, exceptional at the Ridolfi in Florence, since the Olimpico in Rome is in sight of Europe 2024 promises entertainment and emotions. The meeting presented yesterday in the Palazzo Vecchio – this year after Doha (May 5) and Rabat (28) the third round of the Diamond League – is also permanently among the top ten of the special ranking created by the world association (eighth in 2022) and for many stars, it is an unmissable event. Live on Rai 3 from 8 p.m., the two grandstands are already sold out: only a few hundred tickets are still available for the curves, available online on the TicketOne platform and at authorized ticket offices.

The occupation

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Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei in the 5000m, Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in the 1500m, Germany’s Malika Mihambo in cross country, American Katie Moon Nageotte in the auction: the four are both gold medalists in the five rounds of Tokyo 2021 and world champions of Eugene 2022 ( Cheptgei in 5,000 the first case, in 10,000 the second). Olympians include blue Marcell Jacobs in the 100m, Kenyan Peruth Chemutai in the 3000m steeplechase and American Valerie Allman in the discus throw. World champions include Americans Fred Kerley in the 100m hurdles and Grant Holloway in the 110m hurdles, and China’s Feng Bin in the discus throw. Many others, of course, the expected big names. With particular attention to the men’s 100m, the race of races.

The 100th

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It will suggest the much-anticipated Jacobs-Kerley confrontation, but not only. In the starting blocks along with the two sacred monsters are fellow American Trayvon Bromell, world bronze, Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, 9’84 on Saturday in Nairobi, South African Akani Simbine, at the last two Olympics and in The last three world champions came over to fifth place (but never on the podium…), Jamaican Yohan Blake, Sinhalese from Rome Yupum Abeykoon and new European 60m indoor champion, Tuscan (from Massa) Samuele Ceccarelli, a revelation of the winter season , in the first 100 of the “new” career.

Italian

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In addition to the two sprinters, Italy can (currently) count on another fifteen representatives: Filippo Tortu and Fausto Desalu in the 200m hurdles, Lorenzo Simonelli in the 110m hurdles, Emmanuel Ihemeje in the triples, Zane Weir and Leo Fabbri in weight, Zaynab Dosso in the 100m hurdles, Alice Mangione in the 400m, Sinta Vissa and Ludovica Cavalli in the 1500m hurdles, Ayo Folorunso in the 400m hurdles, Roberta Bruni and Elisa Molinarolo in the pole race, Larissa Iapichino in the Cross country and Daisy Osakue in the disc. Of course, the support goes exclusively to Fabbri and Iapichino, real Florentines. In addition to the absence of Yeman Crippa, who took part in the European 10,000m team championships in Pacè, France the following day, Gianmarco Tamberi was also absent. The organizers and the Olympic champion at altitude have not come to an agreement, at least for the time being.