Jacobs isn't a flash in the pan. He ran a great indoor campaign and looked primed to have a great outdoor campaign until he got hospitalized with food poisoning, along with his coach, in Kenya. He's going to have to build back slowly before he shows what he was ready to do.
This will be his chance to prove. Running the 60 isn't really indicative of running the 100. You can be great at both, and he may be. But no one had ever heard of him until the finals of the Olympics. So when he bows out of his first big test of the season, it simply looks like he is afraid. Similar to Shacarri, except he obviously isn't a total nutcase. I hope he is legit, since in my lifetime, Europe hasn't had a title-competing 100m runner, so I think it's fun!
This will be his chance to prove. Running the 60 isn't really indicative of running the 100. You can be great at both, and he may be. But no one had ever heard of him until the finals of the Olympics. So when he bows out of his first big test of the season, it simply looks like he is afraid. Similar to Shacarri, except he obviously isn't a total nutcase. I hope he is legit, since in my lifetime, Europe hasn't had a title-competing 100m runner, so I think it's fun!
Europe is a whole continent. You can't claim Marcell unless you're Italian. Get your Dutch sprinters together.
The Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy is reporting that Jacobs suffered an injury in his 100m season opener last week in Savona and will be forced to miss this weekend's Pre Classic, where he was supposed to face Fred Kerley, Christian Coleman, Andre De Grasse, Erriyon Knighton, and others.
This is starting to remind me of gatlin when he ducked asafa two meets in a row. if jacobs is a nike guy expect him to get popped for trying to duck.
this whole “gotta protect my brand” is dumb. If you dont race your not helping your “brand”, and if you are a nike slave and dont help out their brand there are consequences.
i see two things, popped for drugs or he gets a silent ban and claims a full season ending injury
This is a HORRIFIC take. IK came on here to see if anyone was making it.
The dude ran a full indoor season and showed up at World Indoors as he wanted to race Coleman in his specialty. If he was worried about losing, he would have a) never entered world indoors b) never flown to Kenya.
Dude got sick, didn't look great last week and is smart to sit this one out.
This is starting to remind me of gatlin when he ducked asafa two meets in a row. if jacobs is a nike guy expect him to get popped for trying to duck.
this whole “gotta protect my brand” is dumb. If you dont race your not helping your “brand”, and if you are a nike slave and dont help out their brand there are consequences.
i see two things, popped for drugs or he gets a silent ban and claims a full season ending injury
This is a HORRIFIC take. IK came on here to see if anyone was making it.
The dude ran a full indoor season and showed up at World Indoors as he wanted to race Coleman in his specialty. If he was worried about losing, he would have a) never entered world indoors b) never flown to Kenya.
Dude got sick, didn't look great last week and is smart to sit this one out.
Your site encourages slanderous unfounded drug accusations and racist (some coded) posts yet you’re surprised by that poster?
Sprintgeezer you are a racist. Referring to our black sprinters as homeboys is racist, and is a classic example of a white person speaking in a demeaning manner about minorities. Too many conservatives here.