Singapore’s Marc Louis misses chance to race against Olympic 100m champion after hamstring injury


Singapore's Marc Louis competing in the men's 100m preliminary round heat 1 at the Stade de France on Aug 3. He was third behind Gambia’s Ebrahima Camara and Malaysia’s Azeem Fahmi. - Photo: Reuters

PARIS: A dramatic Olympic debut for Marc Louis saw him progress from the preliminary round with a 10.43sec run to earn a dream Round 1 heat against the likes of Italy’s defending men’s 100m champion Marcell Jacobs on Saturday (Aug 3).

But when the time came, there was a gaping space in Lane 8 where Singapore’s fastest man should have been.

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