Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 100 Metres - Heats - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 15, 2022 Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs reacts after competing REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
(Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has vowed to come back stronger after he was forced to pull out of his 100 metres semi-final at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon at the weekend due to a thigh injury.
The Texas-born 27-year-old shocked the world when becoming the first Italian to win Olympic 100 metres gold last August, before adding a second gold in the 4x100 metres relay.
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