MILAN, Italy (AFP) —
Olympic champion Lamont
Marcell Jacobs will return to the 100 meters at next week’s Diamond League
meeting in Stockholm, Italy’s athletics federation (FIDAL) said on Wednesday.
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FIDAL cited event organizers in announcing that he
has signed up for the
Swedish event which takes place on June 30, two weeks
before the start of the world championships.
Jacobs’ camp then confirmed his participation to
AFP.
The Italian “has gradually recovered from the muscle
injury which forced him to drop out of the Eugene, Rome, and Oslo Diamond
League meetings”, FIDAL’s statement said.
FIDAL also said that Jacobs could yet take part in
this weekend’s Italian championships in Rieti, where he is scheduled to race
the 100m on Saturday but not sure to take part.
Jacobs, a shock gold winner at the
Tokyo Olympics
last year, has only raced the 100m twice since his stunning triumph in Japan,
both underwhelming runs at a meeting in Savona last month.
He picked up his injury at that low-key meeting on
the Italian Riviera, and Jacobs had previously suggested that he might not be
able to compete before the worlds held in Eugene, Oregon between July 15–24.
Jacobs made that announcement while sitting out of
the Rome Diamond League a fortnight ago, allowing Fred Kerley to cruise to
victory at the Stadio Olimpico.
He also had to pull out of an event in
Nairobi last
month with intestinal problems, missing another chance to take on Kerley after
pipping the American to gold in Tokyo.
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