“Slight Lumbar-Sacral Block Forces Double Olympic Champion Marcell Jacobs to Miss Seasonal Debut in Morocco”

A bolt from the blue: the awaited debut of Marcell Jacobs, scheduled for Sunday evening in the 100m of the Diamond League stage in Rabat, Morocco, will not be there. “I’m forced to miss the debut and the first match of this year with Kerley, who I cared about very much, due to a slight lumbar-sacral block that I plan to resolve as soon as possible. It’s not an injury, it’s just the result of a false support which however prevents me from competing in Morocco. Technically I feel fit and ready to have a good season outdoors. The challenge has only been postponed”, explains the double Olympic champion from Munich where he went to receive a first treatment by Professor Müller-Wohlfahrt who had already followed him in the past.

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Now, recovery times need to be evaluated: Marcell, after the one in Rabat, had already announced his participation in the Golden Gala on Friday 2 June, this year scheduled at the Ridolfi in Florence, where he would meet again the world champion Kerley and that , still on the 100, at the meeting in Paris, another stage of the Diamond League, on the calendar for Friday 9. What remains is that after a troubled 2022 due to the many ailments despite the gold medals on 60 at the indoor World Championships in Belgrade and on 100 at the European Championships in Munich and a first part of 2023, the indoor one, with also the double defeat at the hands of Samuele Ceccarelli, at the Assoluti of Ancona and at the European Championships in Istanbul, this season too is not born under a lucky star.