Mei: “Surprised and concerned by Jacobs’ words, time waits for no one”

Turin, Dec. 9 (LaPresse) – “I’m surprised, I don’t think there’s any reason to give an interview like that, but everyone does what they want. As president of the federation and a big fan of athletics, I am concerned because he lacks spark. Everything else matters little to me, but the fact that he said on December 8 that he lacks spark is not good. It’s true that he has set his sights on Los Angeles, but time is passing and it won’t wait. That’s all I’m concerned about, I hope he gets it back soon.“ This is what Stefano Mei, president of the Italian Athletics Federation, told LaPresse when commenting on Marcell Jacobs’ interview. ”He says he felt he was being made fun of? It’s not clear by whom and for what, I contacted him several times, I spoke to Rana Reider during the year, as did the technical director. We knew he had problems and we offered to send a coach to the US. When he came to Italy without his coach, we offered him one who could follow him, not to train him, but to time him, and he refused. I can’t understand it. It’s clear that we ask athletes who are part of the national team to share the technical program, obviously with the structure,“ he added. ”This doesn’t seem strange to me.”