- AI systems are already deceiving us -- and that's a problem, experts warn
- Polish farmers protest 'harmful' EU environmental rules
- Spurs boss Postecoglou ready to disappoint King Charles by relegating Burnley
- The Palestinian who almost represented Iceland at Eurovision
- Top opponent of India PM Modi leaves prison on bail
- Ten Hag says Man Utd owners have 'common sense' to see reasons for slump
- Multiple arrests as US police clear MIT, UPenn Gaza protests
- Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon
- Third week of evidence wraps at Trump's criminal trial
- Moyes 'comfortable' with West Ham departure
- Jabeur's troubles continue with early Rome exit
- Arsenal must believe in Premier League glory, says Arteta
- Guardiola won't ask for favour from Man Utd in chase to catch 'incredible' Arsenal
- Russia attacks Ukraine's northeast in new ground offensive
- 'Love that lasts a lifetime': Leverkusen offer fans free tattoos
- Indonesia sorry for online racism after Guinea loss ends Olympic dream
- S.Africa's top court hears critical Zuma election case
- FIFA deny 'imposing' 2025 Club World Cup schedule
- Ukraine says Russia launches cross-border offensive in northeast
- Chelsea exit 'would not be the end of the world', says Pochettino
- Pandemic agreement talks near end with deal elusive
- Injured Gnabry in doubt for Germany's Euros campaign
- Newcastle's Howe desperate to keep Isak and Guimaraes
- Prince Harry, Meghan visit Nigeria
- Israeli artillery hits Rafah after truce talks end
- Klopp dismisses rumours over Nunez's Liverpool future
- Crespo relishing Kewell reunion in Asian Champions League final
- UK economy exits recession in pre-vote boost for PM Sunak
- Austria's Grand Slam winner Thiem to retire at end of season
- French, US drug firms team up for Covid-flu shot
- UK's Labour vows to ditch government's Rwanda deportation plan
- Departing Georgia envoy to Francehits out at foreign influence bill
- European stock markets hit record highs on rate cut hopes
- Waikato Chiefs thump Moana Pasifika to go third on Super Rugby table
- 'World coming to an end': Kenyan town copes with life underwater
- India's top court releases jailed Modi opponent on bail
- CAF Confederation Cup final set for Morocco amid drama
- London, Frankfurt hit records as rate hopes boost markets
- Atalanta battle Roma for Champions League after making history
- Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease
- Honda posts record profit, issues cautious forecasts
- UK economy exits recession ahead of election
- London, Frankfurt hit new records as rate hopes boost markets
- Chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumps 60% on-year
- Malaysian footballer in acid attack 'responding well' to surgery
- In Benin, tensions soar over cost of living
- Iceland's 'Mammoth' raises potential for carbon capture
- From USSR to NATO, Albania showcases military past
- UK foreign minister David Cameron: life after Brexit
- Israel hits Gaza after truce talks end
CMSC | 0.21% | 24.2 | $ | |
RIO | 0.41% | 70.29 | $ | |
CMSD | -0.37% | 24.29 | $ | |
BCC | -1.75% | 133.93 | $ | |
RBGPF | -2.31% | 57.34 | $ | |
NGG | 0.18% | 70.93 | $ | |
GSK | 0.6% | 44.94 | $ | |
BP | 0.01% | 38.045 | $ | |
BTI | 0.74% | 30.585 | $ | |
SCS | 0.08% | 13.16 | $ | |
AZN | -0.01% | 77.605 | $ | |
RYCEF | -1.78% | 5.335 | $ | |
JRI | -0.17% | 11.7 | $ | |
RELX | -0.22% | 43.285 | $ | |
BCE | 0.35% | 33.91 | $ | |
VOD | 0.92% | 8.68 | $ |
Olympic champion Jacobs gets season underway with 10.11 time
Defending Olympic 100 meters champion Marcell Jacobs posted a time of 10.11 seconds to finish second in the East Coast Relays on Saturday in his first race in nearly eight months.
American Trayvon Bromell, a two-time 100m world championship bronze medalist, won the race in Jacksonville, Florida, with the same time as Italy's Jacobs.
The 29-year-old Jacobs, a surprise winner of Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021, posted his time with 0.9 m/sec wind assistance.
Jacobs' last race took place at the Zagreb meeting in Croatia on September 10, 2023 and the Italian is looking to meet the entry standard for the Olympic Games of 10.0 seconds. He won in Tokyo with 9.80 seconds.
Jacobs is based in Jacksonville, Florida, where he is trained by American Rana Reider.
Bromell, Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse and Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown are all training partners of Jacobs.
De Grasse ran a time of 10.16 while Sani Brown finished in 10.15 on Saturday.
Jacobs said last month that he will return to Italy "around May 18-20" ahead of this summer's Paris Games and will be based in Rieti, north of Rome.
Once back in Europe he will take part in a series of meetings, including in Ostrava on May 28 and either the Oslo or Stockholm Diamond League events (on May 30 and June 2), ahead of June's European Championships in Rome.
Jacobs also won gold in the 4x100m relay in Tokyo and after those surprise wins he was crowned world 60m champion and 100m European champion in 2022.
However he has struggled with a series of muscular problems and flopped at last year's worlds in Budapest where he was eliminated in the 100m semi-finals.
A.Gasser--BTB