Usain Bolt goes wild as Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson beat Noah Lyles to 100m glory at World Athletics Championships
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Updated 14/09/2025 at 20:53 GMT+1
A Jamaican man had not won the 100m world title since Usain Bolt scooped his third in 2015. But Oblique Seville ended his country's wait for a world gold and the American domination that followed Bolt's success in Beijing. Kishane Thompson beat Noah Lyles to the second step on the podium, sealing Jamaica's first one-two in the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships.
Watch Bolt's reaction after 'handing on the baton' to Seville
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Usain Bolt celebrated wildly as Oblique Seville halted the United States' dominance in the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships.
The 24-year-old crossed the line in Tokyo in a personal best of 9.77, becoming Jamaica's first men's 100m world champion since three-time winner Bolt ran 9.79 in Beijing 10 years ago.
Five hundredths of a second behind his compatriot, Kishane Thompson sealed his nation's first 1-2 in the event, beating Olympic champion Noah Lyles by 0.07 to the silver medal. The American never looked like getting on terms with the two Jamaicans as the race unfolded.
Bolt, who looked anxious ahead of the race, exhaled strongly after 200m Olympic gold medallist Letsile Tebogo was disqualified for a false start and roared in celebration as the Jamaican duo crossed the line.
"It’s a pleasure to have Usain watching me. We’re the next generation," Seville told Tokyo's National Stadium.
"To win this gold medal is something special to me. Track and field is both mental and physical. But, to be honest, I think I have mastered the mental part of it.
"Other people are doing and talking about other things, but I just focus on me and that is why I managed to get this victory."
Lyles, hoping to defend his title from 2023, was forced to settle for bronze, ending a streak of American winners that stretched back to London 2017, when Justin Gatlin claimed gold ahead of a third-placed Bolt.
Christian Coleman upgraded his silver from 2017 to gold in 2019 before Fred Kerley and Marvin Bracy made it a third straight American 1-2 in Eugene three years ago.
But in Seville, Jamaica could have a new hero for years to come, having already beaten Lyles to win two Diamond League events this season.
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His time in Tokyo would have been enough to seal Olympic glory in Paris last summer, when he ran 9.91 to finish eighth.
There was no British interest in the final, with Budapest bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes narrowly missing out in his semi-final heat, where he placed third.
Jeremiah Azu likewise could not reach the eight-man final, running 10.05 in his semi-final behind Lyles, Kayinsola Ajayi of Nigeria and South African sprinter Akani Simbine.
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