Tokyo Olympics: Italian Marcell Jacobs is the fastest

Italian Marcell Jacobs is the world’s fastest man.

In a surprising turn of events, the Italian passed the line in the 100 m finals at Tokyo Olympics in 9.8 seconds on Sunday to become the first Italian to do so.

According to Agence France-Presse, Lamont Marcell Jacobs outshone a field of unusual suspects to claim a shock gold in the men’s 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

According to the report, Jacobs, 26, timed a European record of 9.80 seconds, with American Fred Kerley taking silver in 9.84sec in one of the most understated major championship 100m races of recent times. Canada’s Andre de Grasse, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Games, repeated the feat in 9.89sec.

The athletes were introduced in a dramatic light show — the stadium floodlights were shut off and 12 projectors cast 3D images of the world, zooming in to the Tokyo skyline, and then the name of each sprinter, the report said.

Sindhu Wins Bronze

Earlier today, shuttler P.V Sindhu presented India its second medal as she won bronze in women’s singles badminton. Sindhu defeated China’s He Bing Jiao in straight games. It is her second consecutive Olympic medal.

Indian men’s hockey team beat Great Britain 3-1 to enter semifinals wherein India will clash with Belgium.