Italy outraged after Jacobs, Tamberi excluded from award nominees
3 years, 2 months ago

Italy outraged after Jacobs, Tamberi excluded from award nominees

The Hindu  

The Italian Olympic movement is outraged over the exclusion of sprinter Marcell Jacobs from the nominee's list for male athlete of the year by World Athletics, with a senior official calling it “a lack of respect” and “profoundly wrong." “It's profoundly wrong,” Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said Friday, a day after the nominees were announced. “We're very upset.” Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi, who tied for Olympic gold with Mutaz Barshim in his event moments before Jacobs won the 100, also failed to make the cut. “As always, the World Athletics Awards will recognize athletes who have performed at the highest level across the year, taking into account not only the Olympic Games but the one-day meeting circuits,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said.

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Italian Jacobs on pace to defend historic 100m title in Paris
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Italian Jacobs on pace to defend historic 100m title in Paris

China Daily  

Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs Rarely has an Olympic 100 meters champion been so belittled or so maligned as Italy's Marcell Jacobs. Jacobs may have temporarily disappeared from the track, but he bounced back in style, claiming the world indoor 60m crown and a first European 100m gold in 2022. "I had three goals: health, defending the European title and then …

Italy’s Jacobs runs best time since Tokyo Games victory
6 months ago

Italy’s Jacobs runs best time since Tokyo Games victory

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for the Paris Olympics by breaching the 10-seconds mark twice on Tuesday to win gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. The Italian, who clocked 9.80 in the Tokyo final and also won 4x100m relay gold, finished top of his heat in Turku with a time of 9.99s before …

Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies ‘under the radar’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies ‘under the radar’

Associated Press  

ROME — Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. “That’s been the biggest thing,” Reider said, “trying to figure out why he was carrying so many injuries for so many years. We didn’t even need to work on that — doping and the stories …

Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field’s move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists
8 months ago

Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field’s move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week’s move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and national Olympic bodies …

Olympic champion Jacobs splits with coach ahead of Paris Games
1 year, 3 months ago

Olympic champion Jacobs splits with coach ahead of Paris Games

The Hindu  

Marcell Jacobs has split with the coach who guided him to his stunning 100-metre Olympic triumph, the Italian sprinter has announced less than a year from the Paris Games. In an interview with the Gazzetta Dello Sport published Tuesday Jacobs said that he was no longer working with Paolo Camossi ahead of next summer’s Games in the French capital, where …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Olympic sprint champ Jacobs yearns for ‘favourite’ tag
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Olympic sprint champ Jacobs yearns for ‘favourite’ tag

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs said Wednesday he yearned to be tagged as favourite going into the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, despite it carrying a great weight of expectation after a “rollercoaster” of a season. “I have faced many challenges over the last two years, but I’ve been working hard for these world championships.” Since streaking to that surprise …

US sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission
2 years, 4 months ago

US sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — American sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission on Thursday. Also appointed was cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, who was born in Afghanistan and competed in the women’s cycling time trial on the IOC’s refugee Olympic team last year in Tokyo. The other two new members are …

World Athletics Championships Oregon: Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy to compete
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships Oregon: Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy to compete

The Hindu  

Italy’s shock Olympic 100 metre champion Marcell Jacobs will bid to add the world crown to his medals cabinet despite an injury-affected campaign, the Italian Athletics Federation said on Wednesday. Jacobs kicked off the season with world 60m indoor gold in Belgrade, but a thigh injury in mid-May has disrupted his outdoor campaign withdrawing at short notice from several meets. …

Jacobs still very much an unknown entity despite Olympic glory
2 years, 5 months ago

Jacobs still very much an unknown entity despite Olympic glory

The Hindu  

Despite coming into this week’s World Championships in Eugene, Oregon a double Olympic champion, Italian sprint sensation Lamont Marcell Jacobs is still something of an enigma after a tumultuous year following his Tokyo triumph. The Texas-born 27-year-old shocked the world when becoming the first Italian to win Olympic 100 metres gold last August, setting a European record time of 9.80 …

Olympic champ Jacobs brings forward return to compete in Italian championships
2 years, 6 months ago

Olympic champ Jacobs brings forward return to compete in Italian championships

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs will bring forward his return to the 100 metres to this weekend by participating at the Italian athletics championships, the country's federation said on Friday. Jacobs had been expected to make his comeback from a muscle injury at next week's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm but FIDAL revealed that he would be racing on Saturday …

AP Interview: Olympic champ Jacobs wants to win ‘everything’
2 years, 6 months ago

AP Interview: Olympic champ Jacobs wants to win ‘everything’

Associated Press  

ROME — Marcell Jacobs already won another gold medal at the world indoors. Even now, if you ask me what my father is like, I don’t really know how to answer.” Last year, Marcell Jacobs shocked the world at the Tokyo Olympics. “The had more of negative impact on the people close to Marcell than they did on him,” said …

Jacobs far from his best in 1st 100 race since Olympic gold
2 years, 7 months ago

Jacobs far from his best in 1st 100 race since Olympic gold

Associated Press  

SAVONA, Italy — Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs competed in his first 100-meter race since becoming Olympic champion, winning a meeting in Savona on Wednesday despite a sub-par performance as he returns from an illness. “I struggled a bit, I thought I would run better than in the semifinal,” Jacobs told RAI state television. “I’m lacking a bit that spark, I …

Jacobs says that he ran clean race to win shock Olympic gold
2 years, 10 months ago

Jacobs says that he ran clean race to win shock Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said on Thursday that he never has and never will take performance-enhancing drugs, while the Italian explained that he ended his 2021 season early because of exhaustion. The Texas-born 27-year-old became the first Italian to win Olympic 100 metres gold in August, setting a European record time of 9.80 seconds in the final, before …

Olympic champion Jacobs says he will run 200 metres in 2022
3 years ago

Olympic champion Jacobs says he will run 200 metres in 2022

The Hindu  

Italy's double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said on Saturday he would try out the 200 metres in some races next year, moving up from his usual 100m speciality. RELATED| "This year I'll try the 200 metres in a few races," he told Italian daily La Stampa in an interview, adding it was too soon to suggest he might double …

Italy outraged after Jacobs excluded from award nominees
3 years, 2 months ago

Italy outraged after Jacobs excluded from award nominees

Associated Press  

ROME — The Italian Olympic movement is outraged over the exclusion of sprinter Marcell Jacobs from the nominees list for male athlete of the year by World Athletics, with a senior official calling it “a lack of respect” and “profoundly wrong.” The sport’s governing body announced a list of 10 nominees for the prestigious award but found no room for …

Reigning Olympics 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs out of action untill 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

Reigning Olympics 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs out of action untill 2022

Firstpost  

Almost unknown a year ago, the Texas-born Italian sprinter claimed a shock triumph in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics as well as gold in the 4x100m relay. Rome: Olympic Games 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs announced Thursday on his Instagram account that he will not run again until 2022. In response to a fan on a social media interaction, …

'Four Ferraris': Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

'Four Ferraris': Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in every distance race she enters. The Italian relay team made Jacobs a double Olympic champion Friday, as the country pulled off a stunner to equal Jacobs' solo triumph five nights earlier. …

Olympics: Italy and Jamaica take sprint relay golds at Tokyo 2020
3 years, 4 months ago

Olympics: Italy and Jamaica take sprint relay golds at Tokyo 2020

Al Jazeera  

Italy capped a historic week on Friday by winning a shock gold in the men’s sprint relay, while Canada won their first gold medal in women’s football after previously taking the bronze in 2012 and 2016. If that race was a surprise, the women’s relay went as widely predicted as the three individual medallists in the 100 metres – Elaine …

Simone Biles, the Tokyo Olympics, and baseball trades on Hang Up and Listen.
54 years, 11 months ago

Simone Biles, the Tokyo Olympics, and baseball trades on Hang Up and Listen.

Slate  

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the latest in the saga of Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics. They also talk about the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s semifinals loss to Canada, a Texan-Italian runner’s unexpected 100-meter dash victory, and the Italian and Qatari high jumpers who shared the gold medal. • Biles had withdrawn from the team, …

Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor
3 years, 4 months ago

Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt. “I think I need four or five years to realize and understand what’s happening,” Jacobs said. “I really don’t know anything about him,” Kerley said of the new gold medalist. Don’t think this.’” Not long after the two …

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Italian former long jumper Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win men’s 100m final

The Independent  

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Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Gianmarco Tamberi pull off Italian job in Tokyo for Olympic gold medals
3 years, 4 months ago

Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Gianmarco Tamberi pull off Italian job in Tokyo for Olympic gold medals

The Hindu  

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs shocked the world to win the Olympic men's 100 metres in a European record timing of 9.80 seconds. RELATED | Immediately after winning the race, the 26-year-old went on to hug fellow Italian gold medallist Gianmarco Tamberi on the sidelines. Jacobs claimed he felt happy for Tamberi, who had earlier shared the high jump title with …

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Olympic 100 Meters In Stunning Upset
3 years, 4 months ago

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Olympic 100 Meters In Stunning Upset

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time. Lamont Marcell Jacobs for the GOLD in the men's 100m final. He topped America’s Fred Kerley and Canada’s Andre DeGrasse to take the spot held for the past …

Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins historic 100m gold at the Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins historic 100m gold at the Tokyo Olympics

CNN  

The Olympic Stadium, Tokyo CNN — Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs set a new European record as he claimed a shock victory in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo Olympics. The two men embraced as Jacobs – the first Italian man to win 100m gold at the Olympics and the first European man to do so since Great Britain’s Linford Christie …

Italy’s Jacobs wins men’s 100 metres gold at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Italy’s Jacobs wins men’s 100 metres gold at Tokyo Olympics

Al Jazeera  

Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men’s 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt’s 13-year hold on the event. Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds in Sunday’s final, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84 seconds in one of the most understated major 100 metres races in recent times. …

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