The Italian sprinter made history, finishing the 100-meter dash in just 9.80 seconds.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs made history on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics when he became the first Italian man to win a gold medal in the 100-meter dash. In doing so, he was also granted the title of 'World's Fastest Man' for finishing the race in just 9.80 seconds.
But the 26-year-old sprinter and long jumper isn't taking all the credit. He says reconnecting with his estranged father gave him the necessary boost to win. Jacobs, who was born in El Paso, Texas to an Italian mother and African American father, moved to Italy with his mother after his father got transferred by the military.
"I met Marcell's father in Vicenza, he was a U.S. Army soldier, I was 16, he was 18. We got married and moved to Texas," Jacobs' mom, Viviana Masini toldearlier this year."After about three years Marcell was born, but twenty days later his father was transferred to South Korea. It was impossible for us to follow him. I then decided to return to Italy. Marcell wasn't even a month old.
Jacobs on Twitter after the his record setting win." gave me the desire, the speed, that something more than helped me being here and win the Olympics."“He wrote to me before the race, ‘you can do it, we are with you'," Jacobs
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