Double Olympic Champion Jacobs Shrugs Off Doping Suspicions

Double Olympic Champion Jacobs Shrugs Off Doping Suspicions
Italy's 100 metres Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs poses for a picture as he returns home to Rome at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 9, 2021. Yara Nardi/Reuters
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Italy’s double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has insisted he is not bothered by suspicions of doping raised by the media, and that hard work is to thank for his record-breaking exploits in Tokyo.

Jacobs became the first Italian to win 100 meters gold, setting a European record time of 9.80 seconds in the final, and was part of his country’s triumphant 4x100 meters relay team.