Italian athlete Lamont Marcell Jacobs became the Olympic champion in the 100 m run in a new European record of 9.80 seconds. Silver was won by American Fred Kerley for 9.84, bronze by Canadian Andre de Grasse in 9.89.
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Jacobs became only the sixth European champion in the shortest sprint under five laps since 1896 and the first since 1980, when Brit Allan Wells triumphed. Jacobs improved his continental record to 9.84 in the semifinals and improved by another four hundred in the final.
For a native of the American city of El Paso, it was the first medal from important events, but in March he won the 60th at the indoor European Championships in Torun in the run, in which the third Ján Volko finished.
The 26-year-old new king of the Olympic sprint is only half Italian after his mother. His father is American and 26 years ago he was born in the USA, more precisely in El Paso, Texas. however, he grew up on the Apennine Peninsula, did not acquire Italian citizenship until 2010, and began representing his new country in 2012 when he was 18 years old.
For the next four years, he joined the senior sprint team of Italy. So far, he won the only gold at the top event before the Tokyo Olympics this year at the European Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Toruń, where the Slovak recorder Ján Volko also had a final match with him in the final 60s. The Slovak then finished bronze.
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Silver Kerley successfully completed his unconventional transformation, when he won bronze at the Doha World Championships on the 400-meter track. Bronze De Grasse won the third individual medal at the Olympics, in Rio he won bronze in the hundred and silver in the double.
In the semifinals, the Chinese Su Ping-tien improved the Asian record with a performance of 9.83. However, he did not have the strength left in the semifinals and took up the sixth place for 9.98.
Men’s Final:
100 m: 1. Lamont Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 9.80 – European record, 2. Fred Kerley (USA) 9.84, 3. Andre de Grasse (CAN) 9.89, 4. Akani Simbine (JAR) 9.93 , 5. Ronnie Baker (USA) 9.95, 6. Su Pingchien (China) 9.98, 7. Enoch Adegoke (Nigeria) – missed, 8. Zharnel Hughes (UK) – disqualified
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World record in triple jump
Venezuelan athlete Yulimar Rojas won the women’s triple jump competition in Tokyo, breaking the world record with a performance of 15.67 m. Silver was won by the Portuguese Patricia Mamonová in the national record 15.01 m, bronze Ana Peleteirová from Spain also in the national record 14.87
Rojasová improved the best performance in history, which until then was held by the Ukrainian Inessa Kravecová from Gothenburg in 1995 and was worth 15.50. She achieved it in the last sixth attempt, when she was already sure of the championship.
The Venezuelan woman scored her second medal under five circles, and five years ago in Rio, silver was hung around her neck.
Women’s Final:
height: 1. Yulimar Rojasová (Venez.) 15.67 m – world record, 2. Patricia Mamonová (Portug.) 15.01, 3. Ana Peleteirová (Šp.) 14.87, 4. Shanieka Rickettsová (Jam.) 14, 84, 5. Liadagmis Pove (Cuba) 14.70, 6. Hanna Minenkova (ISR) 14.60, 7. Keturah Orji (USA) 14.59, 8. Kimberly Willims (JAM) 14.51, 9. Rouguy Diallová (Fr.) 14.38, 10. Caterine Ibargüen (COL) 14.25
Barsi and Tamberi agreed on the amount in gold
Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italian Gianmarco Tamberi won the same gold medal in the high jump at the Tokyo Olympics. Belarus’s Maxim Nedosekov finished third.
In exceptionally balanced and high-quality races, both champions did not hesitate once to a height of 237 cm. They dropped the next height 239 three times and then used the rule that jumpers can agree and refuse to jump.
“It simply came to our notice then. I wanted us to stay friends. I’ve been at the top for ten years and I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time, “Barší, who completed his collection, was looking forward to the TV interview.
He already has silver from Rio and bronze from London. Tamberi’s biggest success so far has been the title of European Champion from the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam. He also won the indoor World Championships in Portland in 2016 and the indoor European Championships in Glasgow in 2019. However, he has not yet won a medal at the Olympics.
The third Belarus also recorded a performance of 237 cm, but had a worse record, as he had previously dropped to 235. He needed to jump the national record for bronze.
Men’s Finals
height: 1. Mutaz Essa Barším (Cat.) And Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) both 237 cm each, 3. Maxim Nedosekov (BLR) 237, 4. Woo Sanghyeok (Republic of Korea) 235, 5. Brandon Starc (Austr.) 235, 6. Mikhail Akimenko (ROC) 233, 7. Juvaughn Harrison (USA) 233, 8. Django Lovett (CAN) 2.30, 9. Ilya Ivaniuk (ROC) 2.30, 10. Hamish Kerr (N. Green) 2.30
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