Marcell Jacobs repeats in China: seventh

Marcell Jacobs in China

Marcell Jacobs repeats himself. A week after his exhilarating silver medal in the 4×100 at the World Championships, the Gold Flames sprinter closes again with a time of 10.05 (wind +0.4) in the 100 meters. È the same time as in the rainbow semifinal, which in China is worth seventh place in the fastest race of the year.

He darts ahead of everyone Christian Coleman, world champion in 2019 and fifth in Budapest, to success in 9.83 to sign the best result in the world this season, on par with Noah Lyles in the rainbow final and Britain’s Zharnel Hughes at the New York meet. Behind him was Kishane Thompson, a 22-year-old Jamaican who took six hundredths off his record with 9.85.

Moreù detached the others starting with Fred Kerley, third in 9.95, an Olympic silver medalist and last year’s world champion, who for the first time precedes Jacobs in a direct confrontation. Then the ’other American relay gold medalist Brandon Carnes (10.01), world indoor bronze medalist Marvin Bracy (10.02) and the ‘jam’ Yohan Blake (10.04), then eighth Chinese Xie Zhenye (10.12) and ninth Rohan Watson (10.18) who had been third at the Worlds with Jamaica’s relay.