Jacobs blames bad luck, "sometimes he sees very well. But I never give up"

“Sometimes bad luck sees us all too well. After a dominated semi-final, with a time that would have been enough to win the finalI was ready to play for the European title once again. But unfortunately I wasn’t even able to run the final one. A injury before the start stopped meonce again. It hurts. A lot. Especially when you know you are there, that you feel good and that you can fight to win.” Marcell Jacobs wrote this this morning in a post on Instagram for comment on what happened last night in the 100 meters final of the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, which he finished in seventh place after getting up halfway through the race.

“Now we will do all the necessary checks to understand what happened and how to proceed – adds Jacobs -. One thing, however, does not change: you don’t give up. Never. We will see each other soon“. With a heart he replied Nadia Battocletti who won gold last night in the 5000 meters repeating that of Rome 2024.

Jacobs’ words after the injury ❤️‍#EuropeanAthletics #Birmingham2026 #Jacobs pic.twitter.com/NM0jhO26UX

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Same problem with the adductor in July

Marcell Jacobs injured his leg, his adductor, the same as had forced him to stop ahead of last month’s Diamond League in Monte Carlo. However, that small stop had not prevented him from returning and dominating the Assoluti di Firenze, before the recent muscle injury he suffered during the warm-up of the 100m final meters at the European Championships in Birmingham.