Not since Usain Bolt was dominating the world has the 100m had a showdown quite like Marcell Jacobs vs. Fred Kerley.

Marcell Jacobs of Italy will miss a second consecutive clash with Fred Kerley, withdrawing from Friday's Diamond League meet in Florence.

World 100m champion Fred Kerley tells BBC Sport about his bid for double gold, his rivalry with Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs, and the future of athletics.

The reigning 100-meter Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs was left in splits as Fred Kerley made bold claims of breaking the 100-meter world record.

Marcell Jacobs, the Olympic 100m champion, and Fred Kerley, the world 100m champion, appear to have developed a rivalry off the track.

The much-anticipated race between sprinters Marcell Jacobs and Fred Kerley will have to wait. Jacobs withdrew from the Diamond League meet scheduled to take place Sunday in Morocco due to nerve pain.

Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs and American Fred Kerley haven’t raced each other since Jacobs’s surprise 100-meter win at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.