Marcell Jacobs declared 2021 as the year of Italy following his second gold at Tokyo 2020 in the men s 4x100m relay on Friday.
Jacobs, 26, powered to a surprise gold in 9.80 seconds in the men s 100m final before combining with Lorenzo Patta, Eseosa Desalu and Filippo Tortu to win Italy s first medal in the relay since London 1948.
The relay win gave Italy a fifth athletics gold in Tokyo, tied with the United States for the most. They had never previously claimed more than three at a single Games.
Jacobs has become just the second Italian to win multiple athletics Olympic titles after Ugo Frigerio s three walking golds between 1920 and 1924.
An outstanding meet continues a remarkable year for Italy, in which the country also won Eurovision before e…