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The reigning Olympic champion: «Only two athletes have won two consecutive golds in the 100 and I work for that, I don’t hide»
The objective of the season is clear: new European title and new Olympic title in the 100 m. «I must say that there is a lot of responsibility in arriving in Paris as reigning champion, I will give my best. Only two athletes have won two consecutive golds in the 100m and I work for that, I don’t hide it” he explains Marcell JacobsOlympic gold in Tokyo, and reigning European champion again in the 100 m, after tests with the CONI Institute of Sports Medicine and Science at the Stadio dei Marmi.
«When you win aOlympics you have so many expectations, after the gold I would have had to work harder on a mental level than I already did before. I got a little lost instead. But now I want to regain that title. I feel good, I’m ready and I’m fine”, added the Italian sprinter. Looking at his opponents, the Italian champion then said: «At this moment no one has raced really fast, there is no real number one to say that at
Paris will definitely win. Everyone is working hard to get to the top there.” Finally a joke about Drums who will be standard-bearer at the Games: «There is no one better than him for the results obtained and for his way of being a captain. At this point I’m putting myself on the list for the next Olympics.”
Jacobs meanwhile has defined his road map towards i European athletics championships in Rome which will take place from 7 to 12 June with the semi-final and final of the 100 meters on day 8. The Italian is expected to compete in the 100 meters of the “Roma Sprint Festival” on Saturday, and on 28 May he will be involved in Ostrava in the Czech Republic on the occasion of a Continental Tour Gold meeting. Two days later, on day 30, Jacobs will be on the starting blocks of the race Diamond League of Oslo as announced today by the Norwegian organizers.
May 15, 2024
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