Olympics-Athletics-Italian sprinter Jacobs says no contact with former nutritionist

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 4 x 100m Relay - Round 1 - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 5, 2021. Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy in action REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy's double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said on Saturday he had split from his former nutritionist once he heard that Giacomo Spazzini was allegedly being investigated for a connection with performance-enhancing substances.

Jacobs has been one of the Tokyo Games revelations, becoming the first Italian ever to win the 100 metres sprint at an Olympics Games, racing to victory with a European record time of 9.80 seconds in the showcase final in Tokyo despite having not gone under 10 seconds until this year.