Belgrade, Jacobs disqualified for false start in the 60 meters final

Marcell Jacobs was disqualified for false start in the 60m indoor final of the Belgrade meeting. The two-time Olympic gold medalist at the Tokyo Games in the 100 meters and in the 4×100 relay had won his semifinal with a time of 6 “56.

Tax decision by the judges with the 27-year-old Lombard who slightly moves his head and shoulders before the starter fires, being excluded from the competition and triggering the whistles from the public aimed at the departure staff. Decision that leaves Jacobs himself puzzled as he moves away from the starting blocks with eloquent grimaces. The Slovakian Jan Volko won the race in 6 “69, a time definitely within reach of the blue who had won the heat in 6” 56.

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