Jamaica’s Oblique Seville crowned himself world 100m champion after blazing to a personal-best 9.77 seconds in Tokyo, with American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden obliterating the world championship record to win gold in the women’s race in 10.61.
Compatriot Kishane Thompson made it a Jamaican one-two on the second night of the World Athletics Championships, claiming silver in 9.82s, with Olympic and defending world champion Noah Lyles collecting bronze in a season’s-best 9.89s.
