TOKYO — There may be now a successor to Usain Bolt. Marcell Jacobs of Italy ran a 9.80-second 100 meters to win the gold medal on Sunday night time at Tokyo Olympic Stadium. It marked the primary time since 2004 that anybody apart from Bolt, who retired in 2017, has been the Olympic champion within the males’s occasion.
Who was quickest at every meter
Observe: Zharnel Hughes was disqualified, and Enoch Adegoke didn’t end.·The New York Instances
With out Bolt, it was a wide-open race: Practically everybody within the beginning blocks had a shot at victory. A false begin induced Zharnel Hughes of Britain to be disqualified, and Enoch Adegoke of Nigeria didn’t end; the remaining six rivals all clocked instances underneath 10 seconds.
Fred Kerley of the US received silver, four-hundredths of a second behind Jacobs, and Andre de Grasse of Canada (9:89) received bronze, as he did in Rio. All three of the highest finishers achieved private greatest instances.
Pace throughout the whole race
Jacobs
26.76m.p.h.
at 72 meters
22.93m.p.h.
Kerley
26.29m.p.h.
at 66 meters
22.84m.p.h.
de Grasse
26.59m.p.h.
at 68 meters
22.73m.p.h.
Simbine
26.53m.p.h.
at 74 meters
22.56m.p.h.
Baker
26.14m.p.h.
at 66 meters
22.53m.p.h.
Su
26.10m.p.h.
at 66 meters
22.54m.p.h.
Jacobs’s time was 0.17 seconds off Bolt’s Olympic document of 9.63 that he set in London in 2012, and 0.22 seconds off Bolt’s world document of 9.58 that he set in 2009. The final European to win gold within the 100 was Britain’s Linford Christie in Barcelona in 1992. (Jacobs, who was born in Texas to an Italian mom, ran for Italy.)
Pace all through the race
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Explosive begin for Kerley
Runners’ positions at 4 moments in first few seconds of the race
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4 moments in first few
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Runners’ positions at three moments
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Composite picture by Jeremy White
Kerley blasted out of the blocks sooner than any of the runners, reacting with a time of 0.128 seconds. Jacobs’s response time was 0.161, the second slowest of the seven starters. Throughout the acceleration part, the primary 30 meters or so, Kerley was holding off the pack.
Pace throughout first 25 meters
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0meters510152025
Jacobs
Kerley
Jacobs positive factors floor
Composite picture by Jeremy White
Jacobs erased his early deficit in a rush, then stayed simply behind Kerley by way of the second 25 meters. Jacobs was operating sooner than anybody at this level within the race. However Kerley had been a 400-meter runner till switching over to the 100 this 12 months. Specialists within the 400 typically make nice finishers within the 100, so Kerley gave the impression to be in fine condition.
Pace from meters 25 to 50
2324252627m.p.h.
25meters3035404550
Jacobs
Kerley
Jacobs reaches 26.76 m.p.h.
Composite picture by Jeremy White
However Jacobs elevated his velocity and drew even with Kerley halfway by way of the race — and appeared robust. His peak velocity was 26.76 m.p.h. Jacobs, a former Italian lengthy leap champion, had set an Italian 100-meter document in Could, at 9.95, after which ran 9.94 within the heats right here. He would wish to run sooner than he ever had during the last 50 meters if he wished to win. In Lane 8, Adegoke pulled up with an obvious leg harm.
Pace from meters 50 to 75
2324252627m.p.h.
50meters5560657075
Jacobs
Kerley
A gold, and a private greatest, for Jacobs
Composite picture by Jeremy White
Within the ultimate meters, Kerley couldn’t maintain off Jacobs, who was operating the race of his life. With about 5 meters to go, it appeared as if both runner may declare the gold. Kerley was operating sooner than Jacobs at this level. Each runners leaned laborious into the end line.
When the outcomes had been posted, Jacobs had raced greater than a tenth of a second sooner than he ever had earlier than, setting a private greatest and claiming each a gold medal and the unofficial title of the quickest man on the planet.
Pace from meters 75 to 100
2324252627m.p.h.
75meters80859095100
Jacobs
Kerley
