Jacobs, vent on Instagram: “I have faced and overcome many fears, I will be reborn again”

“I have many fears, but I am aware of all those, many, that I have faced and overcome. And I will be reborn again, overcoming the obstacles that life is putting in front of me again. I will succeed, because I will never allow anything or anyone to stop me to dream and to fight to reach my goals! See you soon and I hope to find you once again by my side”. Thus Marcell Jacobs in a long post on Instagram – the first after all the posts on his profile were deleted yesterday – in which he vents against the criticisms received in recent weeks due to the continuous stops due to injuries and the disappointing performance last week at the Paris meeting in the only race of the 100 meters so far held in the season. “I’ve been wanting to write you something for some time, but I’ve never been able to find the right words – writes the Olympic champion of the 100 meters and the 4×100 relay -. But now I feel the strong need to tell you how I feel, it is correct that you know. I started the outdoor season and unfortunately it didn’t go the way I wanted. And yet, despite the fact that I had been stopped for almost a month due to my physical problem, despite knowing that I was in no way ready to achieve the results we all hoped for, I chose to take the field anyway, knowing full well that probably many would not have understood that the result of that match was not the goal I set for myself”.

“It was important that I get back on track – continues Jacobs -. It was exciting to feel the joy bursting in my chest when I entered the stadium, to feel the adrenaline in my body, to feel the warmth of the crowd and to see the gazes of my opponents. How much I missed it! I felt good on the starting blocks and set off like I hadn’t done in a while, but then my legs didn’t sustain that effort until the end, the necessary training was lacking and you know the result and the inevitable came the criticisms, attacks, the mockery of those who do not know or even imagine how complicated the life of a professional athlete can be. In an instant all the results achieved seemed to be worth nothing and I am very sorry, because it would be nice if in such complicated moments I could be supported But I don’t want to let all of this affect me and make decisions that aren’t right for me. I want to remind you that I’m a human being and I push my body to give it 110% all the time, and I sweat, toil and spit blood every single day of the week. my life to achieve really challenging goals”.