Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs on Sunday, claimed a shock Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres by breaking a 13-year record held by retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt.
Jacobs raced to Olympic glory in the men’s 100m becoming the fastest man in the world in the blue-riband event at Tokyo 2020.
Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times.
Canada’s Andre de Grasse, a bronze medallist at the 2016 Rio Games, repeated the feat in 9.89sec.
The athletes were introduced in a dramatic light show — the stadium floodlights were shut off and 12 projectors cast 3D images of the world, zooming in to the Tokyo skyline, and then the name of each sprinter.
The lights came back on, swiftly followed by a horrendous false start for Zharnel Hughes in lane four, the Anguilla-born Briton not even bothering to question his disqualification.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke who also qualified for the final failed to finish the race after securing injury.
