In the early morning of March 8, Beijing time, the 2022 Indoor Tour Belgrade station, The Olympic 100-meter champion Jacobs was disqualified from the race in the 60-meter final due to a snatching foul, and did not qualify for the championship competition.
Jacobs played steadily in the preliminaries, running 6.56 seconds and ranking first. In February this year, Jacobs was in excellent shape, winning four games. In the indoor 60 meters in Berlin, he won the first game in 6.51 seconds. Then in Łódź, Poland, he won his second title in 6.49 seconds. He then finished on the podium again in 6.50 seconds at the Levin Chambers in France. Later, at the Indoor Athletics Championships in Ancona, Italy, Jacobs won the championship in 6.55 seconds. It can be said that in this Belgrade race, if Jacobs plays normally, he should be able to win the championship again.
What made Jacobs a hit was the 100-meter race at the Tokyo Olympics. In the men's 100m final, Jacobs won in 9.80 seconds, becoming Italy's first 100m champion. Later, people learned about his life, and jacobs was a long jumper a few years ago, and even won the Italian national long jump championship in the indoor competition. From the long jump champion to the Olympic 100m champion, Jacobs can be said to be a legend.
This time Jacobs was sent off for running, and we also regret him. However, the attitude of the World Athletics Federation to the rush is zero tolerance, sprinting, the rush to the other runners have a great impact, in order to ensure the fairness of the race, to prevent malicious interference from the occurrence of behavior, the snatchers are all in accordance with the foul treatment, directly disqualified from the race. The regret caused by the rush has also happened to Bolt, in the men's 100 meters final of the 2011 Daegu World Championships, when people thought that Bolt was firmly on the championship throne, Bolt was sent off for an accidental rush and missed the 100 meters championship. It was the only foul in Bolt's career, and that year was also a year of regret for sprinters.
In major competitions, the psychological pressure of athletes will be relatively large, in this case, it is easy to make mistakes due to excessive tension. Competitive sports are like this, the top players will also make mistakes, the unknown people may also be a blockbuster, cruel and full of charm, we never know what will happen in the next second, maybe witnessing a miracle, maybe a regret. As spectators, when athletes make mistakes, we must remain calm and rational. We appreciate success and tolerate failure, so let's continue to cheer for athletes who work the sports field!