• Marcell Jacobs has withdrawn from the Diamond League gatherings in Rome and Oslo.
• Olympic champion was suffering from a muscle injury, Italy’s sports governing body said on Monday.

Olympic champion Jacobs, who finished his 2021 season early refering to weariness, said he was expecting to be fit in time.

The 27-year-old, who turned into the main Italian to win Olympic 100 meters gold in Tokyo last year, got the injury during his triumph in the 100m in Savona, Italy in May and furthermore missed the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene last end of the week.

“The present examinations have shown that Olympic boss Marcell Jacobs has not completely recuperated from the muscle issue analyzed last week,” the organization said in a proclamation late on Wednesday.

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“I need to skirt the following two races in Rome and Oslo … I will go on with physiotherapy and low-system preparing to all the more likely recuperate for the World Championships in Eugene in July,” he wrote in a virtual entertainment post.

Jacobs set an European standard of 9.80 seconds to win the Tokyo 100m last prior to getting a second gold decoration in the 4x100m hand-off.