Athletics-Jefferson-Wooden wins 200 metres to take Tokyo sprint double


World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 - Women's 200m Final - Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - September 19, 2025 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. crosses the line to win gold in the final REUTERS/Edgar Su

TOKYO (Reuters) - American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden became the fourth woman to complete the sprint double at the world championships with victory in the 200 metres in 21.68 seconds on Friday.

The 24-year-old American ran the fastest time of the year to cap a brilliant season with another gold medal to add to the one she won in the 100m on Sunday.

Britain's Amy Hunt was a distant second to take silver in 22.14, while bronze went to double defending champion Shericka Jackson of Jamaica in 22.18.

Jefferson-Wooden matched Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2015) and Germans Silke Gladisch (1987) and Katrin Krabbe (1991) by winning both sprints at the same world championships.

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney,; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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