After the double gold at the European Championships in Rome and two years after his sensational record
After the double gold at the European Championships in Rome in the 100 meters and 4×100 Marcell Jacobs returns to the track to prepare for the Paris Olympics, scheduled for July 26th. The Olympic champion in Tokyo is on stage in Turku, Finland, to run the 100 meters in the Gold stage of the Continental Tour. The other Italian Chituru Ali, individual silver at the European Championships, is also competing.
Jacobs returns to fly over 100 meters after the success at the European Championships in Rome. The 29-year-old from Desenzano sul Garda fell below the 10-minute mark for the first time in 2024 during the Turku Meeting, underway in Finland. The standard bearer of the Fiamme Oro Padua he stopped the clock in 9″99, guaranteeing his passage to the final. The man from Como will also be present together with him Chituru Ali who crossed the finish line in 10.01.
In heat Marcell impressed by running the 100 meters in 9″99 (+1.4). It’s been two years since the European Championships in Munich that the Italian hasn’t gone below 10″. Chituru instead stopped the time at 10″01 but with irregular winds (+3.8). For the Brescia native it is the sixth time in his career, returning under ten seconds after 672 days from 9″95 of Munich when he won the first European title of his career.
In the other heat, victory for Ali who was able to take advantage of a particularly favorable wind (3.8 m/s) stopping at 10″01, but thus not being able to consider it as a new personal record. The Ghanaian arrived behind him Benjamin Azamati (10″12), the Swede Henrik Larsson (10″15), the Austrian Markus Fuchs (10″18) and the Finnish Riku Illukka (10″34) laying the foundations for a new Italian challenge in the final.
Jacobs made his seasonal debut yesterday in Jacksonville, where he has now settled down to train away from distractions together with Rana Reider. At the East Coast Relays, second time for the Italian in 10.11. Behind only the champion Andre De Grasse. Corriere delle Sera analyzes his match.
