Watch the Diamond League track & field meet from Rome

Click on the video player above beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. ET to watch live action from the Diamond League track and field meet in Rome, Italy.

There will be no shortage of star power at the Diamond League circuit's latest stop, the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Rome.

The Stadio Olimpico will host 14 events that will award Diamond League points and the lineup includes 11Olympic champions, 15 Diamond League champions, and a total of 62 medallists from the Olympics and world championships.

Here are some of the key events to watch for when the event begins in the Italian capital on Friday at 3 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem:

The start list for this contest includes Tokyo Olympic silver medallist and Paris 2024 bronze medallist Fred Kerley of the United States, as well as fellow Americans Trayvon Bromell, Courtney Lindsay, and Brandon Hicklin.

The 4:38 p.m. ET race will also feature Italy's Filippo Tortu and Chituru Ali, Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya, Japan's Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, and Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme.

Watch all the action from Diamond League in Rome beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. Click here for the full broadcast schedule.

This season's world lead in the 100 is held by American Kenny Bednarek, who ran to a time of s 9.86 seconds at the Grand Slam Track stop in Philadelphia last weekend.

Bednarek joined Tracksidehosts Perdita Felicien and Aaron Brown this week to talk about his newfound confidence, Grand Slam Track's success so far, and his goals for this season.

Kenny Bednarek on newfound confidence, success in Grand Slam Track

This event begins features two double Olympic champions, Valarie Allman of the U.S. and Croatia's Sandra Elkasevic-Perkovic.

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