{"id":12289,"date":"2025-05-18T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=12289"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:18:45","slug":"high-class-hurdles-head-to-head-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/high-class-hurdles-head-to-head-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"High-class hurdles head-to-head in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four of the world&#8217;s best 110m hurdlers will go head to head once again when the Wanda Diamond League touches down in Rome on June 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local favourite Lorenzo Simonelli returns to the site of his 2024 European Championship gold medal win to take on a field stuffed with global stars including Cordell Tinch, Daniel Roberts and Sasha Zhoya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tinch is the man to beat in the high hurdles at the moment, having won both of the opening two Diamond League meetings in Xiamen and Keqiao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second of those victories was particularly impressive, with the in-form American clocking 12.87 to become the fourth-fastest man in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the hurdles remain as competitive as ever and Roberts and Zhoya will also fancy their chances at the Stadio Olimpico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberts is an Olympic silver medallist and World Championship bronze medallist, who has claimed two wins at Diamond League meetings in each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhoya is the reigning Diamond League champion, having burst onto the scene with victories in Paris and Brussels last season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. 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