Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy in action during the ATHLETICS – MEN’S 100M SEMIFINAL at Olympiastadion during the European Championships 2022 on August 16, 2022, in Munich, Germany. Photo: Thomas Niedermueller / Munich2022
JACKSONVILLE (USA): Olympic 100 m winner Marcell Jacobs confirmed for La Gazzetta dello Sport he will not compete in the indoor season and will concentrate on outdoors. “I had many doubts about my future, I didn’t train for three months. But this break has been useful: I didn’t rush, I listened to my head and body and after long reflection, together with my family, I decided to keep going. I’m back in Jacksonville, in Florida. I won’t do any indoors but I’ll try to win a third european gold in a row in the 100. We might spend the Summer season in Desenzano, my Italian city, where I founded an Academy and a Sports Center. Once again: no rush, though. I need to be physically at 100%. Last year’s injury limited me a lot. Then I worked on strenght, but I neglected the elasticity of my action: from 70 metres onwards I was somehow just pulling my legs up. I lost fluidity and now I need to rebuilt, but staying long without competing would be counterproductive. And in the long term my focus is on Los Angeles 2028,” he said. From La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Marcell Jacobs, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field meet February 2, 2025 Boston,MA USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
