| Ho messo il post anche nella sezione anti-italianismo perchè in assenza di qualsiasi indizio o prova, insinuare pubblicamente che la vittoria di un nostro atleta sia sospetta, o parlare di doping ignorando i controlli da lui fatti, significa macchiare intenzionalmente l'onore di un campione la cui unica colpa pare sia quella di essere cittadino italiano... Jacobs, i sospetti del Washington Post: "A lui il beneficio del dubbio, all'atletica no"
Il quotidiano statunitense lo definisce "Obscure Italian from Texas" e accusa: "La storia recente dell'atletica mondiale è disseminata di campioni pop up rivelatisi poi imbroglioni col doping". Anche il Times segue la linea: "L'arrivo di una nuova stella mette in allerta"La vittoria di Marcell Jacobs non ha fatto in tempo a compiere il percorso inverso rispetto a lui, raggiungendo gli Stati Uniti, che ha sollevato immediate polemiche. La più rumorosa, quella avanzata dal Washington Post, che in un articolo, lancia l'attacco: "Sarebbe ingiusto accusare Jacobs: a lui va dato il beneficio del dubbio, ma all'atletica no".
L'allusione, nemmeno tanto velata, è che il risultato del velocista italiano - che ha vinto i 100 metri in 9"80 davanti all'americano Fred Kerley, che ha corso in 9"84 - non sia genuino. Un'ombra che evoca volutamente il peggiore dei sospetti: il doping.
Colpa, per il Post, della storia recente dell'atletica mondiale, "disseminata di campioni pop up rivelatisi poi imbroglioni col doping". Sulle pagine del giornale statunitense, Jacobs diventa "Obscure Italian from Texas". Che significa "Sconosciuto", ma con quell'accezione di oscuro che avanza sospetti anche senza esplicitarli. per quello, il commento è decisamente più chiaro: "Non è colpa di Jacobs se la storia dell'atletica leggera fa sospettare per i miglioramenti così improvvisi e così enormi".
Un punto di vista che trova sponde soltanto nel mondo anglofono. Quella del britannico Times, ad esempio: "Da Ben Johnson a Gatlin a Coleman, l'arrivo di una nuova stella mette in allerta", scrive il giornale inglese. Che al commento aggiunge una statistica: delle 50 migliori prestazioni mondiali sui 100 metri, tolte le 14 di Bolt, ne restano 36. E di queste, 32 sono state prodotte da velocisti poi risultati positivi ai controlli antidoping.
E proprio il capo dei corrispondenti sportivi del Times, con un tweet molto dibattuto in rete, solleva dubbi, sebbene non esplicitandoli: "Il nuovo campione olimpico dei 100 metri, Marcell Jacobs, è andato sotto i 10 secondi per la prima volta a maggio. È venuto qui e ha corso 9,84 in semi e 9,80 per vincere. Ah bene". www.repubblica.it/dossier/sport/ol...cobs-312708315/ "Campioni imbroglioni...". Il vergognoso processo a Jacobs
2 Agosto 2021 - 15:30
Il Washington Post e il Times mettono sotto accusa l'atleta azzurro con assurde allusioni sul doping
di Antonio PriscoMentre Tokyo 2020 trova la stella di Marcell Jacobs, il nuovo re dei 100 metri, dagli Stati Uniti arriva una polemica a dir poco vergognosa. Il Washington Post lo definisce "Obscure Italian from Texas" e accusa: "La storia recente dell'atletica mondiale è disseminata di campioni pop up rivelatisi poi imbroglioni col doping".
Nemmeno il tempo di ricevere le meritate celebrazioni e la leggendaria impresa di Jacobs già solleva immediate polemiche. La più fastidiosa è quella avanzata dal Washington Post, che in un articolo, lancia l'attacco: "Sarebbe ingiusto accusare Jacobs: a lui va dato il beneficio del dubbio, ma all'atletica no". L'allusione, nemmeno tanto velata, è che il risultato del velocista italiano - che ha vinto i 100 metri in 9"80 guarda caso proprio davanti all'americano Fred Kerley, che ha corso in 9"84 - non sia pulito. Un'ombra che evoca volutamente il peggiore dei sospetti per un'atleta: il doping.
Questa becera congettura del Post trova il suo fondamento nella storia recente dell'atletica mondiale, "disseminata di campioni pop up rivelatisi poi imbroglioni col doping". Sulle pagine del giornale statunitense, Jacobs diventa"Obscure Italian from Texas". Che significa "Sconosciuto", ma con quell'accezione di oscuro che avanza sospetti anche senza esplicitarli. Il commento successivo è decisamente più chiaro: "Non è colpa di Jacobs se la storia dell'atletica leggera fa sospettare per i miglioramenti così improvvisi e così enormi".
Il punto di vista ha trovato immediata sponda anche Oltremanica e non poteva essere altrimenti dopo il trionfo dell'Italia a Wembley. Il Times sentenzia: "Da Ben Johnson a Gatlin a Coleman, l'arrivo di una nuova stella mette in allerta". Al commento poi aggiunge una statistica: delle 50 migliori prestazioni mondiali sui 100 metri, tolte le 14 di Usain Bolt, ne restano 36. E di queste, addirittura 32 sono state prodotte da velocisti poi risultati positivi ai controlli antidoping.
Ma non finisce qui il capo dei corrispondenti sportivi del Times, Matt Lawton con un tweet molto dibattuto in rete, solleva ulteriori dubbi, sebbene non esplicitandoli: "Il nuovo campione olimpico dei 100 metri, Marcell Jacobs, ha rotto i 10 secondi per la prima volta a maggio. È venuto qui e ha corso 9,84 in semi e 9,80 per vincere. Ah bene". Insomma congetture senza senso, che celano un'unica certezza, la doppietta azzurra Euro 2020 e oro olimpico nei 100m ha fatto "rosicare" e non poco inglesi e americani.www.ilgiornale.it/news/sport/jacob...re-1966530.htmlLo stesso articolo in inglese, per chi ci segue dagli States “Cheating champions …”. The shameful trial of Jacobs
Brandy Sport a day ago 160 REPORT While Tokyo 2020 finds the star of Marcell Jacobs, the new king of the 100 meters, from the United States comes a shameful controversy to say the least. The Washington Post defines it “Obscure Italian from Texas” and accuses: “The recent history of world athletics is littered with pop up champions who later revealed themselves doping cheaters“.
Not even the time to receive the well-deserved celebrations and Jacobs’ legendary feat already raises immediate controversies. The most annoying is the one advanced by the Washington Post, who in an article launches the attack: “It would be unfair to accuse Jacobs: he should be given the benefit of the doubt, but not athletics.” The allusion, not so veiled, is that the result of the Italian sprinter – who won the 100 meters in 9 “80 coincidentally right in front of the American Fred Kerley, who raced in 9” 84 – he is not clean. A shadow that deliberately evokes the worst of suspicions for an athlete: the doping.
This vulgar conjecture of the Post finds its foundation in the recent history of world athletics, “littered with pop-up samples that turned out to be doping cheaters”. On the pages of the US newspaper, Jacobs becomes“Obscure Italian from Texas”. What does it mean “Stranger”, but with that sense of obscure that advances suspicious even without making them explicit. The next comment is much clearer: “It is not Jacobs’ fault that the history of athletics makes us suspect for such sudden and enormous improvements.”
The point of view also found immediate support across the Channel and it could not have been otherwise after Italy’s triumph at Wembley. The Times sentences: “From Ben Johnson to Gatlin to Coleman, the arrival of a new star warns.” He then adds a statistic to the comment: of the 50 best performances in the world on 100 meters, minus the 14 of Usain Bolt, 36 remain. And of these, even 32 were produced by sprinters who tested positive for doping controls.
But the Times’ chief sports correspondent does not end there, Matt Lawton with a much debated tweet online, it raises further doubts, although not making them explicit: “The new 100m Olympic champion, Marcell Jacobs, broke the 10 seconds for the first time in May. He came here and ran 9.84 in suits and 9.80 to win. Ah well.” In short, senseless conjectures, which conceal a single certainty, the blue double for Euro 2020 and Olympic gold in the 100m has made the British and Americans “rosy” and not a little.www.italy24news.com/sports/news/80316.html Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor
By Eddie Pells | AP
Today at 5:30 p.m. EDTTOKYO — The 100 meters at the Olympics is the event that turns sprinters into kings: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt.
On one of the most unusual nights the sport has ever seen, fans, experts, and even the racers themselves needed a lineup card.
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The race that has long defined Olympic royalty went to a Texas-born Italian who hadn’t cracked 10 seconds until this year. He’s a 26-year-old whose best days before this came in the long jump. He’s a man even the runner in the next lane didn’t really know.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Marcell Jacobs is The World’s Fastest Man.
“I think I need four or five years to realize and understand what’s happening,” Jacobs said.
The Italian crossed the line in 9.8 seconds Sunday night to capture the first 100-meter medal ever for the country better known for its soccer prowess. Pietro Mennea won the 200 at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and Livio Berruti won that race at the 1960 Games in Rome.
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Even in a contest with no clear favorites — American Ronnie Baker was a candidate and China’s Su Bingtian ran a shocking 9.83 in the semis — Jacobs came from nowhere.
He topped America’s Fred Kerley, a 400-meter runner who moved down in distance because he saw a medal chance, and Canada’s Andre DeGrasse, who adds another 100-meter bronze to the one he won Rio.
Kerley finished second in 9.84 and DeGrasse was next at 9.89.
“I really don’t know anything about him,” Kerley said of the new gold medalist. “He did a fantastic job.”
Jacobs’ path was made that much clearer because of who wasn’t in the race. The reigning world champion, Christian Coleman, is serving a ban for missed doping tests. The world leader in 2021 and the favorite to win the gold, Trayvon Bromell, didn’t make it out of the semifinals.
Bolt, who has commandeered the Olympic and every other sprint stage since 2008, is retired.
He was a sure thing in all nine Olympic sprints he ran from the Beijing Games — a stretch of dominance that redefined track and field, but also left a gaping hole in the sport when he called it a career.
“He changed athletics forever,” Jacobs said. “I’m the one who won the Olympics after him. That’s unbelievable. But drawing comparisons, I don’t think it’s the time now.”
Bolt’s world record is 9.58.
Before Sunday, Jacobs’ personal best was 9.95.
“I mean, 9.8 from the Italian guy?” DeGrasse said. “I didn’t expect that. I thought my main competition would be the Americans.”
Nope. The Italians.
Perhaps the only person at the track who really knew the new champ was the man who hugged him after he crossed the finish line. That was Gianmarco Tamberi, the Italian high jumper who tied Qatari’s Mutaz Essa Barshim for gold.
Tamberi and Barshim ended their evening-long jump-fest in a dead heat — a rare result that appeared headed for a jump-off to decide gold and sliver. But after huddling with an official who told them two gold medals were possible, Barshim -- the two-time world champion who won silver in Rio and bronze in London - agreed to call it a tie for first.
Bedlam ensued.
Barshim ran up to the stands to celebrate. Tamberi covered his face with his hands and rolled on the ground. “I was in ecstasy,” he said. He was clearly a man looking for someone to hug.
He found just the person a few minutes later when Jacobs crossed the line first. Tamberi leaped into the broad-chested sprinter’s arms and curled his own arm around Jacobs’ bald head.
“My heart was exploding,” Tamberi said.
Only a night before, they’d been sitting in Jacobs’ tiny room in the Olympic village playing video games.
“And we said, ‘Can you imagine if we win?”” Jacobs said. “(We said) ’No, no, no. It’s impossible. Don’t think this.’”
Not long after the two golds were secure, Italy’s premier, Mario Draghi, stated the obvious — “You’re honoring Italy,” he said — and announced he’d be inviting the athletes to his office, the Chigi Palace, when they return home.
Theirs was one of many beautiful moments on a most unusual Day 3 of the Olympic track meet. Another highlight came from Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas' toppling of a 26-year-old world record in the triple jump. Her new mark is 51 feet, 5 inches (15.67 meters).
Other vignettes didn’t involve medals.
Luca Kozak tripped on a hurdle and looked over three lanes to see a Jamaican opponent, Yanique Thompson, had suffered the same fate. Kozak helped her back to her feet.
Later, in the men’s 800 semifinals, American Isaiah Jewett got tangled up with Botswana’s Nijel Amos and the two went tumbling to the ground. They helped each other up and jogged slowly together toward the finish line.
“I don’t want any bad blood, because that’s what heroes do -- they show their humanity through who they are and show they’re good people,” Jewett said.
The day’s other gold medal went to Gong Lijao of China, who bested American Raven Saunders of the United States.
Saunders, who is Black and gay, wears an “Incredible Hulk” mask when she competes, closed out the medals ceremony by lifting her arms above her head and forming an “X” with her wrists.
“It’s the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet,” she explained.
All memorable.
And then came the man hardly anybody knew.
Even though the run came in front of a nearly empty stadium, you could practically hear the collective “Who?” echoing across the seats. From all places, that is, except for from the Italian contingent.
A good hour after the victory, some of those reporters and coaches were on the track taking pictures with their country’s new high-jump and sprint heroes. They had Italy’s green, white and red flag draped around their shoulders and were still hugging it out — COVID protocols be damned.
Quite an evening for Jacobs, who was born in El Paso – the son of an American father and an Italian mother. The parents split when Jacobs was 6 months old and he moved to Italy and never got to know his dad.
They reconnected about a year ago by phone, as the sprinter tried to learn about his roots.
Now, the world is learning about him.
“My dream was to arrive here and run a final,” Jacobs said. “And we ran a final. And we won a final. It’s amazing. I have no words to describe this moment.”www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olym...82d8_story.html |
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