Athletics-Olympic champion Jacobs withdraws from Eugene Diamond League meet

The federation said Jacobs picked up the injury in his 100 metres win last week at a meet in Savona, Italy. Speaking after the race, which was his first over 100 metres since claiming gold in Tokyo, Jacobs said https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-champion-marcell-jacobs-100m-win-savona he had struggled and that he lacked sharpness.


Reuters | Updated: 24-05-2022 15:38 IST | Created: 24-05-2022 15:27 IST
Athletics-Olympic champion Jacobs withdraws from Eugene Diamond League meet
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Italy's double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has withdrawn from this weekend's Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, due to a muscle injury, Italy's athletics federation (FIDAL) said. The federation said Jacobs picked up the injury in his 100 meters win last week at a meet in Savona, Italy.

Speaking after the race, which was his first over 100 meters since claiming gold in Tokyo, Jacobs said https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-champion-marcell-jacobs-100m-win-savona he had struggled and that he lacked sharpness. "The federal medical staff has prescribed the two-time Tokyo Olympic champion 10 days of rest and combined rehabilitation protocol," FIDAL said https://www.fidal.it/content/Jacobs-niente-Diamond-League-a-Eugene/140647?fbclid=IwAR2H8H5QV-FP42afjmiJCFG8WnpT74zAHUcf7ura8f3b04NtZtw1wnBqRYk in a statement.

"Jacobs will therefore remain in Rome where, with coach Paolo Camossi, he will proceed to full recovery in view of future appointments." Jacobs became the first Italian to win Olympic 100 meters gold in Tokyo last August, setting a European record time of 9.80 seconds in the final, before adding a second gold to his collection in the 4x100 meters relay.

He ended his 2021 season early citing exhaustion and returned to the track in February.

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