Kerley faces Florence test, even without Jacobs

World 100m champion Fred Kerley will again miss out on a chance to test himself against absent Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs, but the field for the blue riband event at the Florence Diamond League on Friday still oozes class.

Jacobs also pulled out of last weekend’s Diamond League meet in Rabat, meaning there has not been a showdown between the pair since the Italian trumped Kerley for a shock gold at the Tokyo Olympics, pushed back a year to 2021.

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“I’m not upset that he’s not competing,” Kerley said of Jacobs, who withdrew with a back injury.

“I just wish him health and that he gets back to 100 per cent.”