Jacobs had the second-slowest reaction time in the final but the power in his 1.88m frame carried him through the field to etch his name in history.
Italian was almost exclusively the language heard at the press conference last night and Jacobs, who was relieved he was allowed to answer in his mother tongue, said:"My dream was to win an Olympic gold medal, and a few years ago, the goal was to win in the long jump."But I never gave up on my dreams."
There was shock, then sympathy for the Floridian, who overcame a slew of injuries to post the world's fastest time this year only to see his chase for individual gold end with his head in his hands.Pity for Bromell, though, soon made way for astonishment in the next semi-final as China's Su Bingtian became the first Asian man to reach the 100m final at the Olympics for 89 years after scorching to an Asian record of 9.83sec.
But he was spent by the final and was the slowest off the blocks, clocking 9.98sec to finish last among the six sprinters who completed the race.
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