I'm not sure if I've ever thrown out a doping accusation before, but with the rise of Italy's track athletes this year, and with Jacobs not having done anything impressive since the last Olympics (don't think he was any good before that year either), I've got a strong suspicion that he's doping.
Would be great if I were wrong but too many things are suspicious for me in this situation.
"🥇Olympic champion 100 meters 🥇Olympic champion 4x100 🥈World vice champion 4x100 🥇World champion indoor 60 meters 🥇2 times European champion 100 meters 🥇European Champion 4x100 🥇European champion indoor 60 meters 🥈European vice-champion indoor 60 meters DESPITE ⚠️2015 serious injury, it was not clear if I could run again ⚠️2016 I do not qualify for Rio Olympics due to injury ⚠️2017 I come as a favorite to the European championship and I don’t qualify for the final ⚠️2018 eliminated in the semifinals at Europeans ⚠️2019 not qualified for the European indoor final despite being the favourite ⚠️2019 decision to change from long jump to 100 metres ⚠️2019 eliminated in the semifinals at the World Cup ⚠️2022 injury during the World Cup battery ⚠️2023 Sciatic nerve sheath injury with the risk of almost never walking again. All this to tell you not to give up at the first difficulty, not to give up when everything seems to be going wrong, to resist and keep fighting, to truly believe in what your dream is and to face all the difficulties that life throws at you! 💪🏾 It’s only with dedication, hard work and focus on the goal that your dreams are achieved, and you can do it as well! Because I Believe In You! 🌟"
His sciatic nerve problems come from massively overstriding in the front part of his stride and not allowing anything natural to develope in the back of the stride. Instead of natural push off, he just rips out his leg to the front to overstride again. It kinda works, but he will always be plagued by injuries because of this.
While he is indeed sus af I would still love to see him block that clown Lyles in the 100.
Jacobs has run OK but has looked shaky. I would go with Seville rather than Jacobs. Omanyala just ran 9.79 but his (brief) history is to run fast early and fizzle in the championships, maybe he will do better this year.
I'm not sure if I've ever thrown out a doping accusation before, but with the rise of Italy's track athletes this year, and with Jacobs not having done anything impressive since the last Olympics (don't think he was any good before that year either), I've got a strong suspicion that he's doping.
Would be great if I were wrong but too many things are suspicious for me in this situation.
What relevance does Italy’s rise here when he lives and trains in Florida now? Are you suggesting Italy is shipping drugs to their athletes training outside Italy but not to their training partners in the same groups? Lmao
I’m not even saying he’s clean (it is track after all) but this site has a habit of drawing connections off of anything when the truth is if someone is doping you probably won’t know how their program works because they’ve hid the lead. I just learn to sit back and watch
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