Italy Lamont Marcell Jacobs has won the men’s 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking retired Jamaican star Usain Bolt’s 13-year hold on the event.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold, Fred Kerley of the US takes silver, and Canada’s Andre de Grasse takes bronze.
Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds in Sunday’s final, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84 seconds in one of the most understated major 100 metres races in recent times.
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.
