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Rachel Steinberg

World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win 100m gold

Champions: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville celebrate their 100m final wins at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo - (REUTERS)

Jamaica's Oblique Seville crowned himself world 100m champion after blazing to a personal-best 9.77 seconds in Tokyo.

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.

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