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Double world individual sprint champion Noah Lyles heads up a raft of top track stars who will compete in the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas on the weekend, with Olympic qualification up for grabs. Among them several other multiple global winners including Dutch 400m hurdler Femke Bol, Italy’s Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs and a trio of Bahamian stars …

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, …

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

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 …

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 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Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has withdrawn from this month's Diamond League meetings in Rome and Oslo after failing to recover from a muscle injury, Italy's athletics federation said.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 …

Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs targets world titles

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. …

The first Olympic 100m final since the great showman’s departure was a subdued affair, with Jacobs clocking 9.80sec at a COVID-emptied Tokyo National Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Sprint legend Usain Bolt said he could have emerged from retirement to win a fourth straight Olympic 100m title in Tokyo this year, insisting the winning time was within his reach. The …

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 …