Lamont Marcell Wins The Olympic Men’s 100m Final

Lamont Marcell Wins The Olympic Men’s 100m Final

Lamont Marcell Jacobs is now the new Olympic 100m champion with a new European record. Lamont Marcell from Italy has been crowned the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games champion. He was a pre-race favorite during a tremendous performance during the semifinal. he broke the European 100m men’s record during the semis. He won the European men’s 100m championships a couple of weeks ago.

With a sensational run, Lamont breaks his own European record he set during the semifinals with a time of 9.80 seconds to claim the gold medal ahead of United States Fred Kerley took the silver medal in a time of 9.84 seconds, and the Canadian wonder kid Andre De Grasse also took the bronze medal in a time of 9.89 seconds.

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Zhanel Hughes was disqualified due to a false start while the Nigerian new speed king Enoch Adegoke also had a muscle strain at the 50m barrier. Interestingly all the finalists run under 10 seconds.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was one of the most-watched events in history. Today the men’s 100m final came to an end and we have a new champion. Lamont Marcell wins the Olympic men’s 100m final.

Official Results of the 100m race

1. Lamont Marcel Jacobs 80 seconds  AR
2. Fred Kerley 84 seconds  PB
3. Andre De Grasse 89 seconds  PB
4. Akani Simbine 93 seconds
5. Ronnie Baker 95 seconds
6. Bingtain Su 9.98 seconds
7. Enoch Adegoke DNF
8. Zhanel Hughes DQ

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