Valarie Allman at the Diamond League in Paris (© Chiara Montesano / Diamond League AG)
Four more gold medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been announced for the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome on 6 June.
Valarie Allman, Quincy Hall, Hamish Kerr and Thea LaFond will compete at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the fifth Diamond League meeting of 2025.
Two-time Olympic discus champion Allman returns to the Golden Gala in a season in which she will bid for a fifth Diamond Trophy.
The US thrower recently threw a North American record of 73.52m in Ramona for the best mark in the world since 1989.
She will head to Rome after competing in Shanghai on 3 May, where she will go up against three other athletes with PBs beyond 70 metres: Sandra Elkasevic, Yaime Perez and Jorinde van Klinken.
New Zealand’s Olympic high jump gold medallist Kerr will also continue his Diamond League campaign in Rome, after starting his series in Doha where he will compete against his predecessor as Olympic champion, home favourite Mutaz Barshim.
Both USA’s Hall and Dominica’s LaFond will make their Golden Gala debuts after becoming Olympic champions in the 400m and triple jump respectively in Paris.
Hall won his first Diamond League race in Monaco last year, the month before he became the Olympic champion, while LaFond secured runner-up spots in both Monaco and Eugene in 2024.
