Italian athlete Marcell Jacobs applied special training support technology, just four months before winning the gold medal in the men’s 100m run at the Toyko 2020 Olympics.

The aerodynamic barrier helped Marcell Jacobs train for four months before leaving for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and winning the men's 100m. Photo: CONI

The aerodynamic barrier helped Marcell Jacobs train for four months before leaving for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and winning the men’s 100m. Photo: CONI

The technology consists of a clear plastic barrier chamber with wheels, which is towed by a car. Antonio Dal Monte – former Scientific Director and Head of the Department of Physiology & Biomechanics at the Institute of Sports Sciences under the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) – invented this method in 1987, when he was tasked with finding ways to help sprinters improve speed.

For various reasons, Dal Monte’s project in the late 1980s had to be shelved, and was only restarted by CONI a few years ago. Based on the invention of Dal Monte in the past, CONI’s sports scientists continue to develop, research and adjust the above training technology to modern standards.

Although refined, this technology basically still includes a mobile three-sided sealed chamber, which contains an optoelectronic device, a miniature camera, a speedometer sensor and a laser indicator – pulled by the Toyota C-HR – a brand that is a partner of CONI.

The special barrier helps Jakobs practice

Jacobs trains with CONI’s special technology.

According to the pre-calculated and pre-set speed, the athletes will run right behind this barrier to serve the research, to improve competition performance. Thanks to the barrier chamber, which significantly reduces aerodynamic drag, or wind resistance, athletes can run faster than in normal conditions. The effect of aerodynamic forces is assessed at 13 m/s.

Marcell Jacobs was one of the first Italian athletes to experience this method. After training at the Stadio dei Marmi in Rome in April, the runner said: “I had a good workout. I run simple and very fast. When an athlete is in top form, train with This technology will bring many advantages. You don’t see the wind resistance but it feels like there is a pull to help you run faster. This is a useful training method, both in technique and speed.”

The application of this modern training technology helps Jacobs make history at the 2020 Toyko Olympics. Before the tournament, Jacobs was almost unknown. A bookie in Las Vegas puts the odds of 1 to 30 for the possibility that the American runner will win. But he beat the brightest candidates to win the prestigious men’s 100m gold medal with a time of 9 seconds 80. The man who was overtaken by Jacobs in the last few meters, American silver medalist Fred Kerley, admitted to being clueless. about opponents. Bronze medalist Andre De Grasse also admitted that he did not expect the Italian athlete to run so fast.

Marcell Jacobs breaks European record in 100m

Jacobs finished first on the men’s 100m final run at the Tokyo Olympics on August 1.

When the reporter Corriere dello Sport Asked about how the adoption of technology has affected Jacobs’ performance at the Olympics, Professor Dal Monte replied: “It’s very difficult to say. It depends on many factors. We are talking about a sport where The results are determined in just a few % of a second, and depend on the athlete’s condition, external factors, and whether the athlete is at his peak or not.” The soon-to-be 90-year-old sports scientist himself also expressed surprise when Jacobs won the gold medal in Tokyo 2020. “I knew that sooner or later miracles would come, but I didn’t expect him to be so successful.” Dal Monte added.

Jacobs’ victory means that for the first time in 12 years, the Olympics have a new owner of the 100m gold medal, after the domination of Usain Bolt.

Jacobs’ time of 9 seconds 80 is also the third best in the history of the men’s 100m at the Olympics. Both records better than Jacobs belong to legend Usain Bolt: 9 seconds 63 in London 2012 and 9 seconds 69 in Beijing 2008.

Today, August 5, Jacobs will compete in his second event at Tokyo 2020, when with the Italian men’s relay team compete in Heat 2 qualifying 4x100m relay, at 9:39. Compared to the best performance in 2021 (Season Best), the Italian men’s relay team is somewhat inferior, when only fourth in Heat 2, with 38 seconds 45, behind Germany (SB 38 seconds 32), Canada and China (same SB 38 seconds 29).

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