One month before the Olympic Trials, two top U.S. men’s sprinters can separate themselves at a Diamond League meet in Rome on Thursday.
World 100m silver and bronze medalists Justin Gatlin and Trayvon Bromell are among the headliners but will contest different events.
Bromell opens with the 200m in his first bona fide international outdoor meet since the World Championships in August. The 20-year-old has a little to prove given his performances so far this spring.
Bromell, billed as the future of U.S. sprinting to replace the aging Gatlin and Tyson Gay, has yet to break 10 seconds in three 100m races this year.