Now that Marcell Jacobs is part of Olympic history, he knows a little bit about it, too. Part of that is knowing that if he defends his title in the 100 meters, all those doubters, naysayers and people who called him a fluke won’t have much more to say on that topic.
FILE - Lamont Marcell Jacobs , of Italy poses with his gold medal following the men’s 100-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo .
It has been three years filled with injuries and doubts. With those have come questions from inside his country, where dreams of having an Olympic champion felt as foreign as Jamaican reggae. But Jacobs pulled out of a number of meets after Tokyo, saying he was tired and needed to get his ailing knee right. All that added up to suspicions he was doping — suspicions that never were proven, and that he says didn’t bother him then, and still don’t today.Defending champion Germany leads Paris Olympics qualifying for equestrian team dressage final
These days, if he’s not being questioned, he’s being overlooked. Jacobs is listed as a 30-1 long shot to repeat, far behind Noah Lyles, Kishane Thompson and basically every other “name” among the 100-meter men, who kick off their opening round Saturday.
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