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Lamont Marcell Jacobs after Olympic gold: It was my childhood dream
Updated On: 02 August, 2021 07:57 AM IST | Tokyo | AFP
Italian sprinter Jacobs ecstatic after winning 100m gold medal in 9.8 seconds to end Bolt’s 13-year hold
Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates after winning the 100m gold yesterday. Pic/AFP
Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres on Sunday, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt’s 13-year hold on the blue-riband event.
Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times.
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