As the “Times” reported on Saturday, Jacobs had to part with his nutritionist in March because he is being investigated in Italy for the fraudulent illegal trade in steroids.
Giacomo Spazzini, a professional bodybuilder and fitness trainer, praised the collaboration as the key to success after Jacobs’ Olympic victory. “It was his goal to run under ten seconds,” the 26-year-old told the newspaper “Libero Quotidiano”: “In a year of working together, we increased his muscle mass by four kilograms and reduced his body fat by four percentage points. Only with an adapted diet. “
Trade in performance-enhancing drugs
The authorities in Milan are investigating that Spazzini because he is said to belong to a group that is said to have been trading in performance-enhancing drugs with fake recipes.
Jacobs’ manager Marcello Magnani told the Times that the sprinter ended the collaboration with Spazzini after he was informed of the investigation. “The investigations never touched Marcell, so we have no further information on it,” says Magnani.
Doping question is “crazy”
The manager calls the question of whether Jacobs himself used performance-enhancing drugs, “crazy”. The sensational Olympic champion had “obviously and categorically” never used prohibited substances.
Jacobs’ increase in performance caused astonishment in Tokyo. Until the beginning of the year, his best time over 100 m was 10.03 seconds, in the previous year he had not exceeded a 10.10. In the Olympic final he now ran the European record of 9.80 seconds and thus a hundredth faster than Usain Bolt in the 2016 Olympic victory in Rio.
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Jacobs is not in the test pool
Jacobs, who also led the Italian 4×100 m relay to a no less surprising gold medal on Friday, was only number 22 in the world last year and only ran under 10 seconds for the first time in May.
Therefore, as the only 100m final starter in Tokyo, he was not part of the test pool of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which targets the world’s best athletes. (SID)
Summer Olympics in Tokyo
The 32nd Summer Olympics will take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021 in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. All information about the opening, broadcast, competition dates, disciplines, innovations, venues and mascots can be found in the large overview.
The 32nd Summer Olympics will take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021 in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. All information about the opening, broadcast, competition dates, disciplines, innovations, venues and mascots can be found in the large overview.
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