Italian Marcell Jacobs, Olympic champion in the 100m, clocked the best time in the first round of the 60m Euro indoors on Saturday morning in Istanbul. In 6”57, the world champion in the specialty dominated the playoffs. All while again wearing the shoes of his former equipment supplier (Nike), with the agreement of the new one (Puma), who joined a month ago but whose current model does not suit him. “It’s mainly to find better sensations, to be able to run with a free spirit, without thinking about my shoes, the way I put my foot on the ground. This morning was good, I just need to improve my start“, he said in the mixed zone.
Méba-Mickaël Zézé passed the first round (6”68), but not the French champion Jeff Erius (6”73). “I felt pain under my right foot during the warm-up, so I lost 10 minutes at the physio to put on a strap. Then I mess up my start, I try to catch up but the 60m is too short», Launched this great hope of the French sprint, aged 18. The sprinters meet at 4:45 p.m. (Paris time) for the semi-finals and then at 6:55 p.m. for the 60m final.