Marcell Jacobs doesn’t stop. The sprinter, reigning Olympic champion, roared back with a super performance in Finland where on the same day he twice fell below the 10 second barrier: first clocking 9″99 and then lowering his time again in the final with a 9”92 which is a world-class performance. But the march towards Paris it is not yet complete.
Jacobs in Embiid version: “Trust the process”
There is no point in hiding, the results of the last few months Marcell Jacobs they hadn’t exactly been exciting and as the Paris 2024 Olympics, a bit of tension between fans and insiders was growing. Even the victory at the European Championships in Rome he hadn’t completely dispelled doubts about his five-round chances. In Turku though Jacobs seems to have managed to “put the pieces together” and to deliver a performance like he and his Raider coach expected. Marcell never had doubts and always spoke of an approach step by step and after 9″92 he spoke of “Trust the process”, the motto that the team has used for some time NBA champion Joel Embiid.
Mei’s announcement: “Jacobs at the La Spezia absolutes”
An approach march continues for Marcell Jacobs as for the entire Italian national team that after the sensational performances at the European Championships in Rome, now she is called to an important and difficult confirmation at the Olympics. In between other commitments starting with the World Championships scheduled in La Spezia on June 29th and 30th. And it is the president of Fidal who confirms Marcell’s presence, Stefano Mei: “Marcell himself confirmed that he will be there as well as Simonelli, while someone still has to decide the best route in view of the Olympics. There are some who have yet to qualify, others have already done so and for this reason perhaps some middle distance runners won’t be there”.
Not only Jacobs and Tamberi, Mei has confidence for Paris
L’Italy has just returned from the most successful European Championships in its history; in Rome the Azzurri were the protagonists of sensational victories that thrilled the fans at the Olimpico and brought in medals. But now comes the difficult part, trying to confirm the results at the Olympic Games too and managing to bring home medals that have a decidedly higher specific weight: “The beautiful thing about this athletics is that it’s not just Jacobs and Tamberi – continues President Mei – but a series of exceptional athletes, eleven gold medals at the Europeans”.
