Marcell Jacobs took another step forward at the Diamond League meeting in Paris, his third outing of the season, finishing third in the 100 meters with a time of 9.96 (wind speed +0.1), improving his season best by three hundredths of a second. This is an excellent start for the European Championships in Birmingham in August, where he will be chasing his third consecutive title. Jacobs managed to outsprint 60m indoor world champion Jordan Anthony and De Grasse in the final meters, but more importantly, he closed the gap on Noah Lyles, who finished second in 9.92 from 11 hundredths of a second at the Golden Gala in Rome to 4 hundredths of a second in Paris. Lyles finished second in 9.92, behind Trayvon Bromell, who…