Olympics-Athletics-Jacobs says reconnecting with father pushed him to 100m gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 100m - Final - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy celebrates winning gold alongside Fred Kerley of the United States who wins silver and Andre De Grasse of Canada who wins bronze Pool via Reuters/Cameron Spencer

TOKYO (Reuters) - Lamont Marcell Jacobs believes reconnecting with his estranged American father helped him make history by becoming the first Italian to claim Olympic men’s 100 metres gold on Sunday.

Jacobs secured a surprise victory with a European record time of 9.80 seconds, becoming the first winner of the post-Usain Bolt era and the first European Olympic men's 100 meters champion since Britain’s Linford Christie in 1992.