Athletics-Seville delivers in style for world 100 metres gold

World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Men's 100m Final - Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - September 14, 2025 Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates after winning gold in the final REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oblique Seville scorched to the world 100 metres gold in a personal best 9.77 seconds on Sunday, leading a Jamaican 1-2 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson, second again in 9.82.

Defending champion Noah Lyles took bronze in a season's best 9.89 as the United States failed to take the title for the first time since 2015 when Usain Bolt won the last of his titles.