Italy's Jacobs wins first post-Bolt Olympic 100-metre gold medal

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshines a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock Olympic gold in the men's 100 metres, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt's 13-year hold on the blue riband event

Bronze medallist Canada's Andre De Grasse, gold medallist Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs and silver medallist USA's Fred Kerley after men's 100m race in Tokyo on August 1, 2021.

Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times.The athletes were introduced in a dramatic light show – the stadium floodlights were shut off and 12 projectors cast 3D images of the world, zooming in to the Tokyo skyline, and then the name of each sprinter.

Dressed in light blue singlet and lycra shorts, the US-born Jacobs, in lane three, made a good start, held his nerve through the drive phase and powered through to the line.

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