Athletics-Olympic champion Jacobs wins Italian 100m title


FILE PHOTO Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Championships - Stark Arena Belgrade Serbia - March 19 2022  Italys Lamont Marcell Jacobs after the mens 60m heat 5 REUTERSAleksandra Szmigiel

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Championships - Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia - March 19, 2022 Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs after the men's 60m heat 5 REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

(Reuters) - Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs ramped up his preparations for next month's world championships in Eugene, Oregon, by winning his fifth Italian national men's 100 metres title on his comeback from a muscle injury.

Jacobs picked up the injury in his 100 metres win at a meet in Savona last month and was forced to withdraw from Diamond League meetings in Eugene, Rome and Oslo.

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