There are days like this, when nothing goes. Jimmy Vicaut failed to qualify for the Olympic 100m final in Tokyo. The French ended his series in 5th place with a very insufficient time (10.11). No regrets for Vicaut, who did not have much competition in his hands before arriving at the Olympics.
A few minutes later, the French sprinter was to suffer a second, symbolic affront, when he witnessed the fall of his European record in the 100m, which he had previously held with Francis Obikwelu in 9 “86. The mark, who held since 2004, was erased in the last semi-final by the Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs (9 “84) who failed just behind the new holder of the Asian record, the Chinese Bingtian Su (9” 83 An already historic race which heralds a very good final.