Athletics: Jacobs to return to competition in Rome May 18

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 5 - Italy's double Olympic champion sprinter Marcell Jacobs said Friday he will return to competition in the Roma Sprint Festival in the Italian capital on May 18.
    "I'll be happy if in September I shall have confirmed my two titles, the Olympic one and the European one," said the 29-year-old El Paso born athlete.
    "At a mental level I'm happy, I'm very relaxed and very focused on my training.
    "My day to day means home-field-home, and being with my children".
    At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Jacobs became the first Italian to win the gold medal in the 100 metres, and the first European to win since Linford Christie won the event at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
    He ran a European record 9.80 seconds.
    Jacobs later won a second gold medal in the 4ž100 metres as part of the Italian relay team, along with Lorenzo Patta, Fausto Desalu and Filippo Tortu.
    It was the first time Italy had ever won this event, and also the first time Italy had earned a medal in the event in 73 years. (ANSA).