The Olympic champion stopped by the doctors just before the race in Eugene. The federal doctor’s statement: “Running would have risked injury.” He wanted to run
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EUGENE (OREGON) – The bad omens, unfortunately, were all there. A 100-meter battery, the balancing exercise on studs in which he is Olympic champion, sold to the young Jamaican Seville, settling for second place and stopping running after 60 meters (10 ”04, equal seasonal record). And then, above all, the words after the race: «I raced with three hand brakes on, the problem I have does not allow me to run free. Now I put myself in the hands of the physiotherapist, I hope to recover ». But Marcell Jacobs didn’t make it. He will not run the 100-meter semifinal here at the World Championship in Eugene, Oregon, at the home of American rivals who are aiming for a hat-trick on the podium and now who knows what bad things they will go around saying about the Italian who retires two hours before the race (6 pm local time, 3 am Sunday morning in Italy).
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A statement from the Italian Federatletica confirms the rumor that has been going around since the morning: «The athlete Marcell Jacobs during the heats of the 100 accused a contracture of the great adductor of the right thigh, which allowed him to conclude the performance. Immediately after the race, a therapy protocol was set up which resulted in immediate muscle relaxation ». But the night brought neither better sensations nor good advice: “Muscle contracture remained present, albeit to a lesser extent.” An ultrasound (“no muscle lesions but a zone of local regional blood stasis in the right thigh adductor was evident in contraction”) and a last-minute consultation between the technical director La Torre, the blue medical director Billi, the ‘athlete and coach Camossi, prompted caution: “As this is a clinical picture that can put muscle integrity at risk and lead to injuries, it was decided not to allow participation in the semifinals of the 100”.
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Jacobs wanted to run, he had come to Oregon to challenge the American squadron and would have gone into battle even without armor and helmet. The
have prevented him from doing so: for his own good, for that of the 4×100 relay that holds the Olympic gold (also compromised: an unlikely plan B is studied with Patta, Tortu, Desalu and a replacement), to safeguard the European Championships in August, where the king of Olympia should be the protagonist (uncertainty now reigns supreme).
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«A painful choice – says the athlete at the end of a frantic Saturday -. I am a fighter and it is with this spirit that I decided not to miss the appointment with the World Cup. But now I have to postpone the comparison to the next important races, after a full recovery. I make this promise to myself and to the Italians: I will do my best to keep you dreaming ».
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A bewitched World Cup, a cursed season. Perfect until the Indoor World Cup in Belgrade last March (gold in the 60 meters by printing the arrival at the photo finish in the face of Coleman and Bracy, who she would have found in Eugene), disastrous outdoors. The trip to Nairobi which in hindsight was not to be done (gastroenteritis, hospitalization, pounds and lost strength), the return to the 100 in Savona which in perspective were to be avoided to protect everything that blew up after: the Diamond League in Eugene, the Golden Gala in Rome, the prestigious meeting in Stockholm, the last test leaving for Oregon.
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First the elongation of the biceps, then the discomfort in the buttock, finally the American contracture. «I would do it all again, Marcell has recovered, he is fine and is ready to run free» said coach Camossi al Courier on the eve of the World Cup that Jacobs should have torn apart instead of being torn apart. Facts contradict good intentions. And with good intentions but without perfect physical shape, in athletics, he goes a short distance.
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July 17, 2022 (change July 17, 2022 | 02:10)
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