Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy successfully defended his men’s 100 metre title on home soil at the European athletics championships in Rome on Saturday. Jacobs’ triumph in 10.02 seconds delivered table-topping Italy their third gold medal of the day and a fifth overall in the opening two days. Italy took silver with Chituru Ali (10.05s), while bronze went to Britain’s Romell Glave (10.06). On Saturday, the hosts also won the men’s 110m hurdles and the men’s shot put. Jacobs has two Olympic golds from the 2020 Tokyo Games in the 100m and the 4x100m relay. In the women’s discus …