At the ‘Golden Gala Pietro Mennea’ on 9 June, at the Olimpico in Rome, the fastest man in the world will whiz by. In fact, the Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, a champion who made millions of Italians dream at the Tokyo Games by giving the Azzurri the first ever gold medal in the 100 meters, will be among the most anticipated men of the edition n. 42 which promises to be unmissable.
All in one year: double Olympic gold in Japan with the European record of 9.80 in the final in the 100, then protagonist of the 4×100 relay with Patta, Desalu and Tortu (triumphing with 37.50), then indoor world champion in Belgrade in the 60 with another European record (6.41) in the specialty on which last year he launched his gold campaign at the Euroindoor in Torun.
The 27-year-old sprinter who trains in Rome, on the ‘Paolo Rosi’ track, certainly not far from the Olimpico, will compete in the capital two years after the last time. On the track, everything will be ready for a fire challenge, a few weeks before the World Championships in Eugene. Among Jacobs’ opponents there will in fact be the Americans Fred Kerley and Trayvon Bromell, two of the best sprinters in circulation, respectively the Olympic silver of 100 and the world leader last season (9.76). Kerley has already reaffirmed his class by running 19.80 the 200 meters at Walnut on April 16. He is the “Diamond League champion” of 2021, the current leader of the world ranking and boasts a personal of 9.84 over the distance, achieved in the final in Tokyo in the head-to-head with Jacobs. The 26-year-old Kerley has already raced and won in the past at the Golden Gala, in 2018, but in the 400 meters, a specialty in which the following year he won the world bronze in Doha.
The only presence in Rome of Bromell dates back to 2016, seventh in the 200, a few months after having triumphed in the 60 at the Indoor World Championships in Portland. The sprinter, 26, who was also world bronze in Beijing 2015 in the 100 meters, finished last year at the top of the world lists with the 9.76 in Nairobi, a high-altitude track (1,865 meters) where Jacobs will make his seasonal debut on Saturday. on 100 meters.
Source: Ansa
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