Marcell Jacobs Suffers a Very Painful Injury in the Final: What Happened to Him?

Marcell Jacobs stopped after 40 meters into the men’s 100-meter final at the European Championships in Birmingham due to a muscle issue that prevented him from finishing the race, in which he was the clear favorite, especially after the extraordinary performance he delivered in the semifinals, which he won easily in 10.08 seconds—the fastest time among the eight finalists.

“I’m so disappointed; I was feeling really good. I felt a huge twinge in my adductor when I got on the warm-up block—the same one that had forced me to stop before Monte Carlo. I would have been willing to break anything just to run this race. I knew I could win, based on how I ran the semifinal,” were his first words to RaiSport.