Last update on. From the section OlympicsLamont Marcell Jacobs was the first Italian to win Olympic 100m GoldLamont Marcell Jacobs, the Olympic 100m champion, has announced that he will not be competing again until next year.The 26-year old replied to a question via social media asking when he would race next.Jacobs won the 100m in Tokyo and was awarded another gold by Italy's 4x100m relay team.Marcello Magnani, his manager, said that injury was not a factor when he decided to take a rest but that the time off is preventive.Magnani said, "It's simply that Marcell gave so much this year. All he had. So to insist on competing would only mean risking injury."Jacobs was the European Indoor 60m Champion. He only switched to long jump in 2018 and produced one of the most surprising results in Tokyo, when he won 100m gold.He broke the 10-second barrier only in May.Next, he was scheduled to run at the Eugene Diamond League match in the United States on August 21.Jacobs would then appear in Brussels on 3 September, and then compete in Zurich on 9 September for the season-ending Diamond League Finals.
