The Paper's reporter Zhu Yi
Since the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bolt has returned with his miracles, and the men's 100 meters has entered a chaotic era that lacks dominance.
At the Tokyo Olympics, people once again challenged the laurels of the "100-meter flyer", and the winner was a new face , 26-year-old Marcelo Jacobs.
The Italian sprinter, who won the gold medal in the 100m trapeze at the Tokyo Olympics in 9.80 seconds, wrote a new legend: he continued to write PB (personal best) from the preliminaries, semi-finals to the final, becoming not only Italy's first men's 100m champion, but also the first 100m champion from Europe in 29 years.
Even more legendary, Jacobs was a long jumper.
Jacobs is the first 100m champion from Europe in 29 years.
Who was Jacobs?
A few minutes before the start of the 100-meter trapeze, Jacobs saw his compatriot Tambery win the gold medal in the high jump, "Seeing his race, it was a huge motivation for me, it was really fantastic!" ”
Subsequently, the Italian, who broke through himself all the way on the Tokyo field, began his magical performance, from starting to accelerating to sprinting, all in one go.
"It was my dream, I was a little too excited to speak, it was a gold medal and I achieved my goal. It's fantastic for Italy and I think it takes a big party like a football team to win the title. ”
Jacobs' 9.80 seconds could even beat Bolt in Rio.
After Jacobs's miracle, the Milano Sport newspaper called the Italian hero "a new phenomenon in Italian sports". But in addition to veteran track and field fans, Jacobs is a bit unfamiliar to the vast majority of Italians.
Even the silver medalist, American star Collier, doesn't know the winner, "I don't know anything about him, the first time I played with him was in Monaco in the Diamond League in July, but today he did a very good job." ”
Jacobs was a hit.
It was only in 2018 that it switched to sprinting
Jacobs' father was a former American soldier from Texas, and his mother, Viviana, was an Italian nurse.
Jacobs was born in Texas and returned to Italy with his parents at the age of 18 months. "Every cell of my body belongs to Italy, so much so that I don't speak English at all."
Jacobs never bothered to explain his mixed-race identity to others, but he always considered himself to be 100 percent Italian.
Jacobs played basketball with his father before becoming an athletics player, but soon found his way on the track and field. Originally a long jumper, he won the Italian national championship in indoor competitions.
Jacobs led the way.
In 2018, he began to switch his career to sprinting, and a year later he reached the semi-final of the men's 100 meters at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
In less than three years, Jacobs completed his own legend. In May, he reached the 10-second mark for the first time, setting a national record of 9.95 seconds in Italy; in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics, he ran another 9.94 seconds; in the semi-finals, he ran another 9.80 seconds; and in the final, he ran another 9.80 seconds.
You know, this result can even beat the champion Bolt at the Rio Olympics.
Jacobs is a sprinter at the Italian Police Club, and his usual income is about 1300 euros (about 9969 yuan) in addition to sponsorship, and this time the record gold medal will at least get 180,000 euros (about 1.38 million yuan) from the Italian Olympic Committee, and other sponsors will also flock to it.
Jacobs and Su Bingtian.
A tiger that symbolizes itself
After winning the gold, Jacobs' mother revealed to the Italian media that all these seemingly exaggerated results were in her son's plan, "Before he went to the Tokyo Olympics, he told me that he would run in 9.90 seconds, and he did it." ”
In fact, Jacobs was once a rebellious youth, dissuaded in high school and had a strained relationship with his father, but the track and field gave him the best tolerance.
Nicoletta, a psychiatrist on his team, revealed that jacobs untied the knot before coming to Tokyo, "He is now also a father of three, which makes him put aside the mustard and makes him realize what to do on the field, which increases his self-confidence." ”
Before the game, Jacobs also communicated with Nicoleta by phone, "I never discuss the technical field with Jacobs, my job is to make him face everything with the right mindset, he just needs to release himself to play to his potential." ”
Perhaps, the tattoo also interprets this late Italian. In addition to the rose compass, the dates of birth of three children and an inscription about friendship, Jacobs also wrote a tiger symbolizing himself.
With a tiger in mind to sniff the roses, this blockbuster 100-meter champion has achieved a legend of its own.
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