Italy’s Jacobs claims shock 100m gold to succeed Usain Bolt

Setting a new European record in the process with a time of 9.80 seconds, Jacobs pushed U.S. sprinter Fred Kerley into second. Kerley's time of 9.84 was just 0.05 seconds quickly than Canada's Andre De Grasse who took Bronze.

A relative unknown, even in his home country, Jacobs was a long-jump specialist for years, and his biggest major success was an indoor 60-meter win at European champions.The son of an American father and an Italian mother, he was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Italy as a young boy when the U.S. military transferred his dad to South Korea.

Jacobs’ victory marked a momentous occasion for Italy, who just minutes earlier celebrated high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi's gold medal. The pair embraced after the 100m race, holding their nation’s flag. With less than two-tenths of a second separating all of the qualifying times from the men’s semifinals, there was no clear favorite to win.

& rheamogul should probably edit this headline. Don’t do my boy usainbolt like that. Jamaica will not like this one bit TeamJA876

Not trying to be stereotypical or claiming he took PEDs, but something about this win doesn’t make sense to me. But I hope I am wrong because I do want an outsider from a non-typical sprinter nation to win.

What y'all smoking 🚬

Jea.

rolandsmartin Perfect win 🏆 for great work.

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