"The controversies do not affect me at all, nor do I answer them because I would only give them importance".
Marcell Jacobs thus responds to the Anglo-Saxon press that expressed doubts about his performance on the 100 meters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics won by donenica last year.
"I know that I arrived here making many sacrifices, a lot of work, defeats and disappointments - underlined the blue -. I have always got up and rolled up my sleeves. I got here only with hard work, so it absolutely does not affect me"
World Athletics President
Sebastian Coe
also intervened on the accusations
: "The doping allegations against Jacobs? Honestly, I don't read all the newspapers, they are just speculations: about every athlete I am confident about the performance in the race. We have anti-doping systems that guarantee certainty about every performance "