Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. Three injury-filled years have passed and the Texas-born Italian is almost as big of a mystery now as he was then.
Defending Olympic 100 meters champion Marcell Jacobs runs during a training session in the historic Stadio dei Marmi ahead of an athletics meeting in Rome, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. FILE - Defending Olympic 100 meters champion Marcell Jacobs listens to his mental coach Nicoletta Romanazzi during a training in the historic Stadio dei Marmi ahead of an athletics meeting, in Rome, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.
“That’s been the biggest thing,” Reider said, “trying to figure out why he was carrying so many injuries for so many years. … So we’ve kind of had to unpeel the onion and find a way. We’ve found some stuff that we’ve been able to fix and we’re working our way into being 100% healthy.” “We spoke a lot about that criticism but it hardly even bothered him. We didn’t even need to work on that — doping and the stories like that,” said Nicoletta Romanazzi, the mental coach whom Jacobs credited with helping him achieve his goals in Tokyo.
“That’s the biggest change, right? When you’re Olympic champion, you win out of the blue, you don’t know what comes with it,” Reider said. “The athlete knows how to run 0-100 but then you have to figure out, ’What does my agent do? What does everyone else have to do around me to try and guard me. So I think in Jacksonville he’s guarded very well. He trains with other Olympic champions that are superstars.
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