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In July 2019, Jacobs lowered his 100 metres personal best to 10.03 seconds, making him the third-fastest Italian in history. [3] On 6 March 2021, Jacobs won the 60 metres European title at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland, setting a new national record and worldwide season-best with a time of 6.47 seconds. [3]
Lamont Marcell Jacobs surprisingly took gold in the first Olympic 100-meter final of the post-Usain Bolt era. American Fred Kerley won silver.
Jacobs came out of seemingly nowhere to run the final in 9.80 seconds. Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs stuns field to win Olympic gold in men's 100-meter final [Video] Skip to main content
TOKYO (Reuters) -Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a stunning upset victory in the Olympic men's 100 metres final on Sunday, becoming the first Italian to take the most coveted title in athletics and ...
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter ... Marcell Jacobs
ROME (AP) — Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. Three injury-filled years have passed, and the Texas-born Italian is almost as big of a mystery now as he was then.
The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).
Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 9.80 [3] Tokyo, Japan: 1 August 2021 Championship record Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 9.95 : Berlin, Germany: 7 August 2018 Lamont Marcell Jacobs (ITA) Munich, Germany: 16 August 2022 World Leading Oblique Seville (JAM) 9.82 [4] Kingston, Jamaica: 1 June 2024 Europe Leading Jeremiah Azu (GBR) 9.97 [5] Leverkusen, Germany: 25 May 2024