World champion Fred Kerley, who barked at Jacobs earlier this spring, reacted quickly. Three laughing emojis were the first thing he wanted to share. Kerley has always made himself available. The world champion wants to beat Jacobs. When the year’s first Diamond League event was held in Doha, he said this: – If it happens, I will win. Will he show up? I do not know. In Rabat this weekend, it was really clear for the long-awaited duel, but Jacobs withdrew again. The 28-year-old has not competed in a single Diamond League event since the Olympic gold in 2021. Athletics website Citius Mag writes that it is the fifth time Jacobs has faced a competition against last year’s world champion Fred Kerley in the past year: the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya in 2022 Diamond League in Eugene in 2022 Diamond League in Rome in 2022 World Cup final in Eugene in 2022 Diamond League in Rabat in 2023 Double world champion with relentless message Kerley recently criticized his Italian rival for not being a “real dog”, to which Jacobs responded by saying that the lion does not turn around when a small dog barks. He also found the salt shaker and shared a picture from the Olympic final in Tokyo with the text: “When you want, where you want. But remember: When it mattered, it ended like this”. OLYMPICS IN TOKYO: Marcell Jacobs (right) won ahead of Fred Kerley (left) and Andre De Grasse. Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / AFP Double world champion and Olympic champion in the 4×400 metres, David Verburg, is very unimpressed by the history of Marcell Jacobs. He has repeatedly spoken out against the Italian in social media. First when Jacobs was apparently injured after losing the EC indoor gold to compatriot Samuele Ceccarelli, then after he withdrew from the event in Rabat. “Pullout game so strong his kid probably adopted”, wrote Verburg. It can be loosely translated to “He is so good at pulling out (out) that the kid is probably adopted”. WC silver winner and Citius Mag official Jasmine Todd believes Jacobs must be the king of “stickball”. TEAM PLAYER: David Verburg has three international relay golds in the 400 meters with the USA. Photo: LUCY NICHOLSON / Reuters Thinks he is getting too thin Even Meinseth, Norway’s fastest man, even thinks that Jacobs has had good reasons to retire: – Yes, it is true that this is the fifth time he has not competed, but four out of the times were last year, and then he was injured. He had a very amputated season, and the injury problems were real, says the Norwegian. CHANGES: Even Meinseth. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB The sprinter agrees with some of the criticism against Jacobs, but he still defends him. – Do you think he gets too thin? – Yes absolutely. He can’t do anything because he has been injured a lot. It would have been something completely different if he ran competitions against anyone other than Kerley, but he doesn’t. He has not competed at all, Meinseth points out. Possible duel for the week Jacobs himself claims that it is not an injury that keeps him away from this weekend’s Diamond League event, but a problem that arose after he stepped incorrectly. The Olympic winner says that he is in strong physical and technical shape, but that the duel must be postponed: – I am forced to drop the first 100-meter duel against Kerley in Rabat, which I was really looking forward to, because of a nerve in hug which I hope to sort out quickly. The Italian is scheduled to meet Kerley for a new duel in the Diamond League in Florence on 2 June. PS: Watch the Diamond League from Rabat on news from 20:00 on Sunday. Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen run at 9.11pm.
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