Golden Gala is an annual track and field event at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy that takes place on July 8 as the second meeting of the IAAF Golden League.
[edit] History
Primo Nebiolo, the Italian president of IAAF since 1981, was the founder of the Golden Gala and had the idea to bring the athletes and the people from the United States and the NATO countries together that were boycotting the Moscow Olympics in 1980 as a result of the Cold War. He died of a heart attack at age 76 in 1999.
At the 2009 edition of the Golden Gala, Kenenisa Bekele, Kerron Stewart, Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva all remained on target for the 2009 Golden League jackpot.[1] There were six world-leading performances in 2009. In the 100 m, Tyson Gay equalled his American record and Daniel Bailey set an Antiguan record in the men's race, while Kerron Stewart set a 10.75 s personal best in the women's event.[2] Maryam Yusuf Jamal broke the 1500 metres meeting record in a fast race which saw Christin Wurth-Thomas set a personal best and Sonja Roman break the Slovenian record.[3] Antonietta Di Martino brought the sole Italian victory in Rome by beating off favourite Blanka Vlasic in the high jump.[2]
[edit] World records
Over the course of its history, eight world records have been set at the Gala, in five different events.
[edit] Meeting Records
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