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Following Marcell Jacobs withdrawal from the European Team Championships, he penned an emotional statement via an Instagram post concerning his troubled season.
Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs troubled 2023 season continues as he withdraws from the European Team Championships, set to hold from June 23rd - 25th.
Jacobs, who previously withdrew due to an injury from the Rabat and Florence Diamond League, where he was supposed to face Fred Kerley and Ferdinand Omanyala, was mocked with many believing he wasn't injured and called him a 'duckling' that pulls out of high profile races especially against Kerley.
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He later made his first outdoor appearance of the season at the Paris Diamond League. There he finished a distant seventh, with Noah Lyles winning the race, Omanyala second, and Botswana youngster Letsile Tebogo third.
The Italian has now withdrawn from the European Team Championships due to being diagnosed with a "condition of perineural inflammation with vascular stasis of the sciatic emergency at the level of the ischial foramen of the right thigh."
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Jacobs also penned an emotional statement on Instagram concerning his struggles this season and how he feels people are too judgemental of his case.
"I want o remind you that I'm a human being and I push my body to give 110% continuously, and sweat, toil, and spit blood every single day of my life to achieve really challenging goals," wrote Jacobs.
"I have many fears, but I'm aware of all of them, many, that I've faced and overcome. And I will be born again, overcoming the obstacles life is throwing in my way again," he continued.
"I will succeed, because I will never let anything or anyone stop me from dreaming and striving to achieve my goals! See you soon and I hope to find you again by my side."
Here's the full Instagram post below.
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