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Family of world’s fastest man celebrates Olympic gold
LOCATION: MANERBA DEL GARDA, ITALYFriends and family of Italy’sLamont Marcell Jacobs rejoicedas he became the world’s fastest manNAME: VIVIANA MASINI, JACOBS’ MOTHER”…and we were always watching Olympics, athletics everywhere. So when we were following the competition we always say: oh yes, I will be there one day mum! And I say: yes you will! ….You know, for an Italian guy that doesn’t look Italian it was very hard for us to find sponsors, to find help money-wise and everything and now he has really shown and now people must understand how strong he is, really.”Jacobs set a European record of 9.8 seconds in the 100mHe grew up in a small town in northern Italyand started sprinting after an injury forced him out of the long jumpHis victory brings another triumph for Italy this yearafter winning Eurovision and Euro 2020
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