after missing three drugs tests, and Bromell, eliminated in the semi-finals, were joined on the sidelines by the long-retired defending champion Usain Bolt. <\/span><\/p>\nFew would have picked Jacobs, who was born in Texas to an American father but moved to his mother’s Italian homeland before his first birthday, as the Jamaican great’s successor.<\/span><\/p>\nJacobs only broke the 10-second barrier for the first time in May.<\/span><\/p>\nBut the European indoor 60m champion carried the momentum from his fast start all the way to the line to register a time faster than Bolt’s winning mark in Rio.<\/span><\/p>\nHe was greeted by compatriot Gianmarco Tamberi, who had won a joint high-jump gold just minutes before and wrapped him in the Italian flag and an embrace.<\/span><\/p>\n“I don’t know, it’s a dream, a dream, it is fantastic,” said Jacobs.<\/span><\/p>\n“Maybe tomorrow I can imagine what they are saying, but today it is incredible.”<\/span><\/p>\nSecond-placed Kerley admitted Jacobs was a new name to him.<\/span><\/p>\n“I really didn’t know anything about him. It was my first time racing him at the Monaco Diamond League [where Jacobs finished third in 9.99 seconds],” he said. “He did a fantastic job.”<\/span><\/p>\nHughes will be left to wonder what might have been in a final stripped of its usual stars and big names. <\/span><\/p>\nHis clear false start brought back memories of defending champion Linford Christie’s disqualification at Atlanta 1996 and denied him a shot of joining the most prestigious honour roll in athletics.<\/span><\/p>\nHughes, who made the same mistake at last month’s British Championships, said it was the result of a sudden cramp in his calf.<\/span><\/p>\n
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