Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who won a shock gold medal at Tokyo 2020, has vehemently denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs. The Italian maintains his breakout success is down to “extreme hard work”, having only broken the 10-second barrier in May 2021, six weeks before running 9.80, the 11th fastest 100m of all time, at the Games in Tokyo. Scepticism surrounded the 27...
Lamont Marcell Jacobs rejects doping accusations and insists 100m gold down to ‘blood, sweat and tears’
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