Watch Diamond League track and field from Rome

Click on the video player above to watch live action from the Golden Gala Diamond League series track and field event in Rome, Italy.

Action begins on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET.

Four Canadians will take to the track at Stadio Olimpico on Thursday.

Tokyo silver medallist Moh Ahmed is competing in the men's 5,000 metres. Fellow Olympians Django Lovett and Lindsey Butterworth are competing in the men's high jump and women's 800m, respectively, while Christabel Nettey is competing in the women's long jump.

Two-time Canadian Olympian Gabriela DeBues-Stafford withdrew from the women's 1,500m with a hip issue.

WATCH | Olympic runner Van Buskirk breaks down what makes Ahmed so fast: