Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs, injured in a thigh during the recent Worlds, can resume training. But the Italian remains uncertain for the European Championships in Munich (August 15-21).
“Jacobs’ involvement (…) will be evaluated in the next few days“, said the Italian athletics federation (Fidal) on its website. The double Olympic champion from Tokyo (100m and 4x100m) had withdrawn before the semi-finals of the 100m World Championships in Eugene due to a “contracture in the adductor magnus of the right thigh“.
The MRI performed in Rome concluded that “healing of the lesion, with still the presence of a slight edema of revascularization“, according to Fidal.”This inventory allows the resumption of training, with ultrasound monitoring“, she added.
After being crowned indoor world champion in the 60m in March in Belgrade, Marcell Jacobs (27) had a series of problems during the summer season, with intestinal problems then a strained left thigh in mid-May, preventing him to compete with the best.
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