Tokyo, August 1, 2021 – TheItaly rewrites the history of athletics. Marcell Jacobs is gold medal at Tokyo Olympics in the 100 meters flat in 9 “80. No Italian in 125 years of Games had achieved a similar result in the history of this sport: the fastest man in the world is Italian. His 9″ 80 is worth an Italian and European record, crumbled what the blue had scored in the semifinals with 9 “84. Wonderful embrace with Gianmarco Tamberi, captain of the national athletics team wrapped in the tricolor, who had won gold a few minutes earlier in the high jump.
The semifinal
A blue jet is gliding over the Games: Marcell Lamont Jacobs he first took the final of the men’s 100 meters, then wrote the history of Italian athletics (Here the results of today 1 August). He arrived in the final after finishing his semifinal in third place in 9 “84, new Italian and European record. Qualified with the third absolute time which also earned him lane 3 in the final.
Marcell has lowered by a tenth the record set yesterday in the heats, when he raced in 9 “94. The final of the 100 is scheduled for 14:50, on this page you can follow the approach in real time. The opponents to keep d eye are definitely Chinese Su Bingtian, who won Jacobs’ semifinal in 9 “83, preceding the photo finish by the same time the American Ronnie Baker – another fearsome rival – and the blue. But also pay attention to the South African Akani Simbine, fourth fastest in 9 “90. In the final with these 4 the American Fred Kerley (9” 96) and the Canadian Andre de Grasse (9 “98, among the favorites). Then the English Zharnel Hughes (9.98) and the Nigerian Enoch Adegoke (10.00).
Jacobs’ mom
Mother’s heart. “I see the new Usain Bolt”, says Viviana, the mother of Marcell Jacobs who followed the semifinal of her children on TV, from Desenzano del Garda where she lives, in Bresciano. “I’m very excited, I knew it would do well”, she says hot. “Now let’s see the final”, adds the mother who yesterday had predicted a result below 9 “90. Jacobs, Texan father and Italian mother, not yet 27 years old: was born in El Paso (Texas) on September 26, 1994.
The European record
Marcell Jakobs has filed a record that had lasted for 17 years, that 9 “86 held on August 22, 2004 at the Athens Olympics by the Portuguese of Nigerian origins, Francis Obikwellue which was twice matched by Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut (in 2015 and 2016).
Filippo Tortu
Eliminated the other blue arrow, Filippo Tortu who finished seventh in his semifinal, with the 19th overall time in 10 “16.” I’m not satisfied, but proud of the path taken and the emotion I put in to get to play with the best here in Tokyo I was not up to it of my expectations “, the words of the 23-year-old from Milan.” I will work to be competitive in three years “, he assures.
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Standing ovation and long applause in the Chamber in the Chamber for the two gold medals obtained by Italy in Tokyo. The deputies, engaged in the general discussion on the reform of justice, followed the races of Gianmarco Tamberi and Marcell Jacobs and after Jacobs first crossed the 100-meter finish line with a historic success for Italy, the applause with standing ovation.
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