Olympic champion Jacobs ‘inspired’ by Kerley rivalry as showdown looms
1 year, 7 months ago

Olympic champion Jacobs ‘inspired’ by Kerley rivalry as showdown looms

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs on Friday described his rivalry with US world champion Fred Kerley as “inspiring” as the Italian announced he will compete in next month’s Paris Diamond League meet. “It’s good to create a bit of interest, individual challenges, to get people talking about us,” Jacobs told AFP. “He’s in good shape, he has already competed, next week he will race in Japan, so he will arrive having gauged the competition.” Jacobs first race will be in Rabat. “With Lyles we have never met, he’s a very great athlete, American record holder in the 200m, it will be a very good race.” Jacobs is also hoping to compete in the 4x100m with Italy in 2024 Olympic host city Paris before the individual races.

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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 champion Jacobs getting stronger in Florida’s ‘quiet life’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic champion Jacobs getting stronger in Florida’s ‘quiet life’

The Hindu  

Marcell Jacobs took the radical decision to dump his coach, up sticks and move from Italy to the United States in his bid to arrive in Paris this summer ready to defend his Olympic 100m title. “There’s been a lot of change from last year,” Jacobs said with no little understatement ahead of competing in this weekend’s World Athletics Relays …

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 Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut

The Hindu  

American Fred Kerley will not be defending his world 100 metres title later on Sunday after he failed to progress from the semifinals, as his compatriots Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman qualified fastest for the final. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championship Day 2 LIVE Updates Former champion Coleman got his traditional fast start and maintained his form to win the …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kerley, Lyles dismiss Jacobs threat in 100m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Kerley, Lyles dismiss Jacobs threat in 100m

The Hindu  

Fred Kerley will bid to retain his world 100m crown in Budapest on Sunday, but the blue riband event of track and field is arguably as open as it has been in 20 years. Another question on the Italian sprinter saw Lyles retort to Kerley, “Damn, Fred, this man is popular, how did this man get so popular?” Kerley replied, …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track

The Hindu  

World 100m champion Fred Kerley’s long-awaited showdown with Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is one of many intriguing sub-plots to the World Athletics Championships that start in Budapest on Saturday. Since that heady victory, the Italian has been beset by injuries, missing last year’s Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene when Kerley led a U.S. medal clean sweep in track and …

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 …

Injury-hit Jacobs vows to bounce back, takes aim at critics
1 year, 6 months ago

Injury-hit Jacobs vows to bounce back, takes aim at critics

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs vowed Wednesday to bounce back from his latest injury blow, taking aim at his detractors after a disappointing start to the season. “I started my outdoor season and unfortunately it didn’t go the way I wanted it to,” Jacobs said on Instagram. “And even though I hadn’t been training for around a month because of …

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR
1 year, 6 months ago

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR

The Hindu  

World 200m champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday, but Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs could only finish seventh. Girma sets new men’s 3,000m steeplechase world record Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma smashed a 19-year-old world record in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday. Kipyegon …

Fred Kerley calls out Marcell Jacobs after first 100m of season
1 year, 7 months ago

Fred Kerley calls out Marcell Jacobs after first 100m of season

The Hindu  

American sprint star Fred Kerley said it was “on and popping” ahead of his much-anticipated showdown with Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs after opening his 100m season in Japan on Sunday. Kerley is looking to defend his 100m world title in Budapest in August and said he was “up for any challenge” as he trained his sights on Jacobs. Kerley said …

Diamond League: Doha winner Kerley to go for sprint double at worlds
1 year, 7 months ago

Diamond League: Doha winner Kerley to go for sprint double at worlds

The Hindu  

Sprint golden boy Fred Kerley said Friday he will aim for a 100-200m double at this year’s world championships as he opened the Diamond League season by overshadowing the return of Olympic 200m champion Andre de Grasse. Sha’Carri Jackson scored an emotional victory in the women’s 100 metres, beating the meeting record set by Tori Bowie, the Olympic and world …

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs defeated, Femke Bol clinches gold in European Indoor Championships
1 year, 9 months ago

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs defeated, Femke Bol clinches gold in European Indoor Championships

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs suffered a surprise defeat to his unheralded Italian teammate Samuele Ceccarelli in the 60m at the European Indoor Championships on Saturday. I will try to recover from the hamstring injury as soon as possible and get back to the track.” Bol eases to gold In the women’s 400m, there was a far smoother ride …

World Athletics Championships: Fred Kerley Wins Men's100m Gold in USA Clean Sweep
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Fred Kerley Wins Men's100m Gold in USA Clean Sweep

News 18  

American Fred Kerley led a US clean sweep as he won the world men’s 100m gold in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. Bracy took silver in 9.88sec, and Trayvon Bromell claimed bronze at the same time for a third-ever 100m world championship clean sweep after 1983 and 1991. The fourth of the strong US quartet, Christian Coleman, the reigning world champion …

World Athletics Championships: Olympic Champion Lamont Jacobs Pulls Out of 100m Semis
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Olympic Champion Lamont Jacobs Pulls Out of 100m Semis

News 18  

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs withdrew from the 100m semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships due to a thigh injury, the Italian Athletics Federation confirmed on Saturday. Italian team doctor Andrea Billi said in a statement released just hours before Jacobs was due to race that the sprinter would not compete after being diagnosed with tightness in his right thigh. In …

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 returns in Stockholm, eyes ideal shape for worlds
2 years, 5 months ago

Olympic champ Jacobs returns in Stockholm, eyes ideal shape for worlds

The Hindu  

Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs makes his Diamond League return from injury in Stockholm on Thursday, seeking to find a competitive rhythm a little more than two weeks out from the world championships. Jacobs kicked off the season with world 60m indoor gold in Belgrade, but a thigh injury in mid-May has disrupted track plans ahead of the July 15-24 …

Olympic Champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Italian 100m Title
2 years, 5 months ago

Olympic Champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Italian 100m Title

News 18  

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for next month’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon, by winning his fifth Italian national men’s 100 metres title on his comeback from a muscle injury. Jacobs picked up the injury in his 100 metres win at a meet in Savona last month and was forced to withdraw from Diamond League …

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 …

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs pulls out of Rome, Oslo Diamond League meets
2 years, 6 months ago

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs pulls out of Rome, Oslo Diamond League meets

The Hindu  

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has withdrawn from this month's Diamond League meetings in Rome and Oslo after failing to recover from a muscle injury, Italy's athletics federation said. The 27-year-old, who became the first Italian to win Olympic 100 metres gold in Tokyo last year, picked up the injury during his victory in the 100m in Savona, Italy …

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 …

Injured Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs misses Eugene Diamond League
2 years, 7 months ago

Injured Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs misses Eugene Diamond League

The Hindu  

Italy's 100 metres Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has withdrawn from Saturday's Diamond League meeting in Eugene after straining an unspecified muscle, the Italian Athletics Federation said. The 27-year-old -- who pulled off a stunning upset in last year's 100m final in Tokyo -- will need "10 days rest", the federation added. Jacobs strained the muscle when he won in …

Marcell Jacobs wins first 100m race since Olympic gold
2 years, 7 months ago

Marcell Jacobs wins first 100m race since Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Italian sprinter Lamont 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’m lacking a bit that spark, I thought this week without training would help, but this is the first race of the year, there’s time before the worlds.” …

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 …

Lamont Marcell Jacobs to Make 100m Return on Home Turf
2 years, 7 months ago

Lamont Marcell Jacobs to Make 100m Return on Home Turf

News 18  

Olympic 100 metre champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs will make his long-awaited return to the distance next week when he races at a meeting in Savona, organisers announced on Saturday. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP | POINTS TABLE In a statement, organisers said that Jacobs had made a decision “from the …

Olympic Champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins 60m in Lodz
2 years, 10 months ago

Olympic Champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins 60m in Lodz

News 18  

Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs won his second 60m indoor race in a week on Friday as he builds towards an assault on the world title. He edged out Michael Rodgers of the United States in a time that was just 0.02 off the Italian record he set in winning gold at the European Indoor Championships last March. “I would …

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs targets world titles
2 years, 10 months ago

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs targets world titles

The Hindu  

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has set his sights on gold at indoor and outdoor World Championships after returning to the track last week, the Italian said on Tuesday. Jacobs marked his first race since winning the 100 metres and sprint relay in Tokyo last year with victory in the 60 metres at an event in Berlin on Friday. …

Olympic champion Jacobs defiant ahead of Berlin return
2 years, 10 months ago

Olympic champion Jacobs defiant ahead of Berlin return

The Hindu  

Olympic 100 metres champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs will return to action for the first time since his shock Tokyo victories in the 60m indoor in Berlin on Friday, just days after denying accusations of doping. "I would never do anything as an athlete competing for my country that would bring disrepute on me as a man or on my nation," …

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, …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's Andre de Grasse ends wait for gold with victory in men's 200m

Firstpost  

Kenny Bednarek of the United States took silver in 19.68sec while reigning world 200m champion Noah Lyles took bronze in 19.74sec. Tokyo: Andre de Grasse said he had “shocked the world” after storming to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final on Wednesday as the United States’ 17-year sprinting gold medal drought continued. Canadian star de Grasse completed a long …

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 …

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 100m final: Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold in 9.80 seconds

The Hindu  

It was a magical Sunday night in Tokyo as Lamont Marcell Jacobs virtually came from nowhere and raced away as the fastest man of the Olympics. With American world leader Trayvon Bromell crashing out in the semifinal and China's Su Bingian topping that round in a new Asian record time of 9.83s, many had expected surprises in the final. The …

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 …

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