Big-name battles in the sprints and the pole vault, returning champions and a certain half-bearded Italian ready to delight the home crowd. The fourth IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season will have it all on Rome on Thursday. With any luck, it will also have the answers to these five questions.
1. Can Lyles impress over 200m?
Noah Lyles kicked off his 2019 Road to the Final campaign in style in Shanghai, surprising even himself with a blistering victory in the 100m.
"I was shocked by the time, not so much by the win. 9.86, I was like oh wow, a PB on my third race of the season, that’s fast!" said the young American at the press conference in Rome on Wednesday.
Now though, the focus is on the 200m, which he will run for the first time this year at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday. He faces a fiercely tough field with the likes of Ramil Guliyev and Michael Norman also lining up for the half-lap, so can Lyles shine over 200m the way he shone over 100?
2. How many fantastic pole vaulters can you fit onto one runway?
The women’s pole vault is a truly mouth-watering affair in Rome. The line-up boasts an array of incredible talent, with almost anyone who has won anything in the last few years set to grace the runway.
Olympic champion and three-time Diamond Trophy winner Katerina Stefanidi, her long-time rival Sandi Morris and 2015 World Champion Yarisley Silva are joined by 2015 Diamond Trophy winner Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou and the likes of Anzhelika Sidorova and Jenn Suhr. It is a remarkably strong field, which should make for some thrilling competition.
Yet for all the quality, Stefanidi warned on Wednesday that the spectators should not expect anyone to reach incredible heights, as athletes looked to build up steadily ahead of the World Championships this autumn.
"If anyone does break the meeting record, I would almost think that is a bad sign," she said.
3. Can Ta Lou catch Asher-Smith?
Nobody could catch Dina Asher-Smith over 200m in Stockholm, as the British star soared around the track, making mincemeat of a strong field which included Dafne Schippers and Elaine Thompson.
Yet Marie-Josée Ta Lou will be out to make her life more difficult in the 100m in Rome. The Ivorian has been in formidable form as she prepares to make her first Diamond League appearance of the season.
Both women missed out on the Diamond Trophy in both disciplines last year, despite both enjoying consistent form on the Road to the Final. No doubt they will both be out to make amends this year, and wrap up what would be a maiden Diamond League title. In Rome, the battle for sprinting dominance may have only just begun.
4. Can Ibargüen do it against Reese?
Caterine Ibargüen surprised the world last year when she won the Diamond Trophy in the long jump, a second title in two days for the Colombian triple jump specialist.
Last year, though, the self-proclaimed long jump "beast" Brittney Reese was conspicuous by her absence, having taken a year out to spend time with her son, and now she is back to teach Ibargüen a thing or two about the long jump.
"It was hard watching the Diamond League last year. I was surprised that a triple jumper won the Diamond Trophy, but Caterine is a champion."
5. Can Tamberi finally triumph?
Eccentric Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi is something of a legend in these parts, and invariably delights the home crowd with his showmanship, spontaneity and curious shaving habits.
Tamberi, though, has only won one Diamond League meeting in his career: his ill-fated appearance in Monaco three years ago which ended in a tragic injury and saw him miss the Rio Olympics.
Since then, the Italian claimed on Wednesday, he has changed as a person, yet his brilliant charisma remains, and we should expect no more or less than half a beard when he gets the crowd going in the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday.
A victory would get them going more than anything, and with Mutaz Barshim out injured, Tamberi may fancy his chances against a field which includes Diamond Trophy holder Brandon Starc, Majd Eddin Ghazal and Bogdan Bondarenko.