2026 European Athletics Championships: Marcell Jacobs on course for 100m European three-peat, Great Britain get three men in final

Marcell Jacobs, the 31-year-old Italian sprinter and Tokyo 2020 Olympic 100m champion, qualified for the men's 100m final at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham by winning his semi-final heat in 10.08 seconds. He is bidding to become a three-time European 100m champion, having previously won gold at Munich 2022 and the 2024 championships, which would place him alongside Valeriy Borzov and Linford Christie as the only men to achieve this feat. He will face stiff competition from Great Britain's trio of Jeremiah Azu, Romell Glave, and Louie Hinchliffe in Tuesday night's final.