He won two Olympic gold medals in Tokyo.
Now Lamont Marcell Jacobs can claim the title of world champion as well.
This after a really tough duel with Christian Coleman at 60 meters at the indoor WC in Belgrade.
The runners finished in seemingly exactly the same time, but when the thousandths were counted after a while, it turned out that Jacobs won by a paltry three.
- You can not win everything, but I get better and better and I look forward to competing in the future, says Coleman who was impressed by his opponent.
- He's one of the best.
He showed that last season during the Olympics.
He came out today and did a good race and I look forward to competing against him in the future.
This is your first major championship since you missed the Olympics due to missed doping tests. Has it been difficult to come back from that disappointment?
- Not directly.
That was so many years ago.
It was three years ago and I have matured since then.
I have had a lot of time and I have learned since I grew up to work hard.
I learned from it and took the positive with me.
Now I look forward to the future and do better, says Coleman to SVT.